CVE-2020-21583

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    CVE-2020-21583

    Published: 22 Aug 2023Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

    References: https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0006/, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804, https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -cd150a429d15a7c96918aa2432532ced0bd27465

    Affected versions

    v2.27-rc2

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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