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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-2207

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.

LOW 2.6EPSS 0.35%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

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 2.0
2.6 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
EPSS
0.35% probability · 29th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
gnu/glibc · fedoraproject/fedora
Source
secalert@redhat.com

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.