VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2013-4577
A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.
LOW 2.1EPSS 0.38%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.38%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.38% probability · 32th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- gnu/grub
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291Patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291Patch
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292Patch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.