Local privilege escalation in usbmuxd from arbitrary local user to usbmux
Priority MEDIUM 56CWE-35Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Attack requirements
- None
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Low · Low
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 4.0 · CNA. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat.
Summary
A Path Traversal vulnerability in usbmuxd allows local users to escalate to the service user.This issue affects usbmuxd: before 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba.
Why it matters now
Exploitation Proof of concept CISA SSVC · not in CISA KEV
EPSS 0.00153 4th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial usbmuxd (libimobiledevice): 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cbaRed Hat: 3 without a fix
SSVC decision points
CISA ADP · SSVC 2.0.3
- Exploitation
- Poc
- Automatable
- No
- Technical impact
- Partial
The decision (Track, Attend, Act) also depends on your mission and well-being impact; see CISA's SSVC guide.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| libimobiledevice | usbmuxd | before 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba | 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba | Patch available | CNA |
- usbmuxd Vendorlibimobiledevice Affected before 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba Fixed in 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba Patch available CNA
Remediation
- Fix · CNA usbmuxd (libimobiledevice) Fixed in 3ded00c9985a5108cfc7591a309f9a23d57a8cba
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Out of support scope |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 | Affected | No fix yet: Fix deferred |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2025-66004
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-vf6v-86gw-v5p3
References
More libimobiledevice vulnerabilities
- TI-2017-03559 The main function in plistutil.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2017-03324 The base64decode function in base64.c in libimobiledevice libplist through 1.12 allows… CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.1
- TI-2015-08010 UIKit0 libplist XML xplist.c plist_from_xml xml external entity reference CVSS 3.1CRITICAL 9.8
- TI-2017-03774 The plist_free_data function in plist.c in libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2017-03773 libplist allows attackers to cause a denial of service (large memory allocation and… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2016-04414 The socket_create function in common/socket.c in libimobiledevice and libusbmuxd allows… CVSS 3.0MEDIUM 5.3
Sources
- CVE-2025-66004 · CVE Program
- CVE-2025-66004 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-vf6v-86gw-v5p3 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2025-66004 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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