CVE-2013-1766 Privilege escalation in n/a
Low 3.6
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-1766 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-1766 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 20 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Libvirt. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1766/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1766/index.md)
Local users can write to device files due to incorrect group ownership, potentially leading to privilege escalation or data modification.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-1766?
CVE-2013-1766 is a low-severity vulnerability in Redhat Libvirt, published on 20 Mar 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libvirt 1.0.2 and earlier sets the group owner to kvm for device files, which allows local users to write to these files via unspecified vectors.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1766?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Redhat Libvirt.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1766?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2013-1766 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1766 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Libvirt
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1766, DSA-2650-1, GHSA-c647-6rh6-6h3v.