CVE-2013-4577

Published May 12, 2014

Last updated 10 months ago

Overview

Description: 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.
Source: secalert@redhat.com
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "CBA86F8C-A64F-4C08-B38F-05E5F743F0A0"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References