#VU42514 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in davfs2 - CVE-2013-4362
Published: October 1, 2013 / Updated: September 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42514
Vulnerability risk: High
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-4362
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vulnerable software:
davfs2
davfs2
Software vendor:
savannah.nongnu.org
savannah.nongnu.org
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.
WEB-DAV Linux File System (davfs2) 1.4.6 and 1.4.7 allow local users to gain privileges via unknown attack vectors in (1) kernel_interface.c and (2) mount_davfs.c, related to the "system" function.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.