CVE-2020-21583

Published Aug 22, 2023

Last updated a month ago

CVSS medium 6.7

Overview

Description: An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type: Primary
Base score: 6.7
Impact score: 5.9
Exploitability score: 0.8
Vector string: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity: MEDIUM

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-noinfo
134c704f-9b21-4f2e-91b3-4a467353bcc0: CWE-78

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "91FF39A0-BF03-46E2-98B4-8F16A5CB611F",
            "versionEndExcluding": "2.27"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References