CVE-2013-2207

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 7
Modified
Published: 09 Oct 2013, 22:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 15:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
10/100
CVSS Score
2.6 LOW
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.07% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

09 Oct 2013, 22:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 15:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•LOW•Score: 2.6AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.07%• Percentile: 22%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • fedoraproject•fedora

    18 | 19

  • gnu•glibc

    ≤ 2.17 | 2.0 | 2.0.1 | 2.0.2 | 2.0.3 | 2.0.4 | 2.0.5 | 2.0.6 | 2.1 | 2.11 | 2.1.1.6 | 2.12 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 2.10.1 | 2.11.1 | 2.11.2 | 2.11.3 | 2.12.1 | 2.12.2 | 2.14 | 2.14.1 | 2.15 | 2.16

References (10)