CVE-2013-2207

glibc < 2.18 - Unauthenticated Permission Bypass via pt_chown

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.

References (10)

Core 10
Core References
Patch mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://sourceware.org/ml/libc-alpha/2013-08/msg00160.html
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-2
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/55113
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_gentoo
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201503-04
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mandriva
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:283
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2985-1

Scores

EPSS 0.0007
EPSS Percentile 21.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (28)
fedoraproject/fedora 18
fedoraproject/fedora 19
gnu/glibc 2.0
gnu/glibc 2.0.1
gnu/glibc 2.0.2
gnu/glibc 2.0.3
gnu/glibc 2.0.4
gnu/glibc 2.0.5
gnu/glibc 2.0.6
gnu/glibc 2.1
... and 18 more
Published Oct 09, 2013
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026