CVE-2013-2012 Privilege escalation in autojump
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse directory in the current working directory during autojump installation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-2012?
CVE-2013-2012 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 31 Oct 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
autojump before 21.5.8 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse custom_install directory in the current working directory.
Weakness: CWE-269
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2012?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Autojump Project Autojump, Debian Debian Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2012?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2012 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2013-2012 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2012 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fxr5-v78q-9qq4.