CVE-2013-2851
Published Jun 7, 2013
Last updated a year ago
Overview
- Description
- Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name.
- Source
- chrome-cve-admin@google.com
- NVD status
- Modified
Social media
- Hype score
- Not currently trending
Risk scores
CVSS 2.0
- Type
- Primary
- Base score
- 6
- Impact score
- 10
- Exploitability score
- 1.5
- Vector string
- AV:L/AC:H/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
- nvd@nist.gov
- CWE-134
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