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CVE-2013-2207
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…
- 2.6LowCVSS base score
- 0.35%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 71% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 8 months later
· 8 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.6 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.35% · top 71% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References10
- https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=15755 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 55113 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2015:1424 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- [libc-alpha] 20130812 The GNU C Library version 2.18 is now available (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2016:0470 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- USN-2985-2 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=976408 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- GLSA-201503-04 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:283 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- USN-2985-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-2162 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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