Busybox
CVE-2013-1813
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V8 - Authorization Permission and access control
MITRE ATT&CK
1 technique across 1 tactic: Privilege Escalation The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity. Public proof-of-concept exploit code is available. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.09%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | Successful exploitation could compromise the high-severity affected system. |
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util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.2), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. Public exploit code available and no vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Apply vendor patches when available. Implement network segmentation and monitoring as interim mitigations.
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This vulnerability is classified under CWE-264. util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors. Affected products include: Redhat Enterprise Linux, T-Mobile Tm-Ac1900, Busybox. Version information: before 1.21.0.
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
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Attack Technique
Privilege escalation occurs when an attacker leverages flaws in access control mechanisms to gain permissions beyond what they were originally granted.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
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In the add_match function in libbb/lineedit.c in BusyBox through 1.27.2, the tab autocomplete feature of the shell, used
Integer overflow in the DHCP client (udhcpc) in BusyBox before 1.25.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of servi
BusyBox through 1.35.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code if netstat is used to print a DNS PTR record's
BusyBox wget thru 1.3.7 accepted raw CR (0x0D)/LF (0x0A) and other C0 control bytes in the HTTP request-target (path/que
A use-after-free in Busybox 1.35-x's awk applet leads to denial of service and possibly code execution when processing a
An issue was discovered in BusyBox through 1.30.0. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.5), this vulnerability is remotely exploi
An attacker-controlled pointer free in Busybox's hush applet leads to denial of service and possible code execution when
BusyBox project BusyBox wget version prior to commit 8e2174e9bd836e53c8b9c6e00d1bc6e2a718686e contains a Buffer Overflow
A heap-buffer-overflow was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 in the next_token function at awk.c:1159. Rated medium severit
The get_next_block function in archival/libarchive/decompress_bunzip2.c in BusyBox 1.27.2 has an Integer Overflow that m
A use-after-free vulnerability was discovered in BusyBox v.1.36.1 via a crafted awk pattern in the awk.c copyvar functio
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