VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-1813
util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
HIGH 7.2EPSS 0.62%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.62%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 0.62% probability · 48th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- redhat/enterprise linux · t-mobile/tm-ac1900 · busybox/busybox
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701965
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4609f477c7e043a4f6147dfe6e86b775da2ef784Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2013-January/078864.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1732.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701965
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4609f477c7e043a4f6147dfe6e86b775da2ef784Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2013-January/078864.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1732.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.