CVE-2013-2207 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can exploit pt_chown in glibc to change permissions on tty files and access arbitrary pseudo-terminals, leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2013-2207?
CVE-2013-2207 is a low-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Oct 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2207?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Gnu Glibc.
How do I fix CVE-2013-2207?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-2207 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2207 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Fedoraproject Fedora
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-2207, GHSA-g33j-hgrw-88mh, UBUNTU-CVE-2013-2207.