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    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.

    Published:Jul 16, 2013
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Oct 9, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00071
    CVSS Score:2.6

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Glibc

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
    https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-08/msg00019.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-02/msg00036.html
    http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
    http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
    https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408
    https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
    https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755
    https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Privileges Required
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    User Interaction
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    Scope
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    Integrity
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    Low
    High
    Availability
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    High