Detections
Analytics

Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 : usbmuxd vulnerability (USN-7929-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 278752

Language:

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 25.04 / 25.10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7929-1 advisory.

 It was discovered that usbmuxd incorrectly handled certain paths received with the SavePairRecord command.
 A local attacker could possibly use this issue to delete and write files named *.plist in arbitrary locations.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected usbmuxd package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7929-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 278752

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7929-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/16/2025

Updated: 12/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-66004

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.7

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Threat Score: 1.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:L/SA:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.04, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:25.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:usbmuxd

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/10/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-66004

USN: 7929-1