CVE-2013-7171

CRITICAL

Slackware <14.1 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Slackware 14.0 and 14.1, and Slackware LLVM 3.0-i486-2 and 3.3-i486-2, contain world-writable permissions on the /tmp directory which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-7171
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-7171
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/20/1
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry x_refsource_misc
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/89915

Scores

CVSS v3 9.8
EPSS 0.0634
EPSS Percentile 92.8%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (2)
slackware/slackware_linux 14.0
slackware/slackware_linux 14.1
Published Nov 21, 2019
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026