CVE-2013-6775 Command injection in n/a
Attackers can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges by injecting shell metacharacters into the su command options in SuperSU.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-6775?
CVE-2013-6775 is a critical command injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 30 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Chainfire SuperSU package before 1.69 for Android allows attackers to gain privileges via the (1) backtick or (2) $() type of shell metacharacters in the -c option to /system/xbin/su.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6775?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Chainfire Supersu.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6775?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-6775 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2013-6775 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6775 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-3g85-527x-3jv5.