Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in systemd - CVE-2013-4392
Published: October 29, 2013 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42413
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4392
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
systemd, when updating file permissions, allows local users to change the permissions and SELinux security contexts for arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.
Affected software
systemd
How to mitigate CVE-2013-4392
Install update from vendor's website.