libimobiledevice usbmuxd path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in libimobiledevice usbmuxd. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-66004. The attack must be carried out locally. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in libimobiledevice usbmuxd (affected version unknown) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-35. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '.../...//' (doubled triple dot slash) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A Path Traversal vulnerability in usbmuxd allows local users to escalate to the service user.This issue affects usbmuxd: before 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba.

The weakness was presented by Wolfgang Frisch. The advisory is shared for download at bugzilla.suse.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-66004 since 11/19/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 278164 (Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-66004), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Applying the patch 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba is able to eliminate this problem.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (278164) and EUVD (EUVD-2025-202402). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-35 / CWE-23 / CWE-22
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Nessus ID: 278164
Nessus Name: Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2025-66004

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba

Timelineinfo

11/19/2025 CVE reserved
12/10/2025 +21 days Advisory disclosed
12/10/2025 +0 days VulDB entry created
12/11/2025 +1 days VulDB entry last update

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: bugzilla.suse.com
Researcher: Wolfgang Frisch
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2025-66004 (🔒)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2025-66004
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-335588
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Entryinfo

Created: 12/10/2025 10:43
Updated: 12/11/2025 08:33
Changes: 12/10/2025 10:43 (74), 12/10/2025 11:28 (1), 12/11/2025 08:33 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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