CVE-2013-4577

A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.

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CVSS v2.0 : LOW

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291	Patch
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292	Patch
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2014-05-12 07:55

Updated : 2014-05-12 09:43

NVD link : CVE-2013-4577

Mitre link : CVE-2013-4577

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

Products Affected

gnu

grub

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