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CVE-2013-2851

CVE information

Published

10 years ago

Last Modified

5 months ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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Description

Format string vulnerability in the register_disk function in block/genhd.c in the Linux kernel through 3.9.4 allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging root access and writing format string specifiers to /sys/module/md_mod/parameters/new_array in order to create a crafted /dev/md device name..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Medium
Base Score
6/10
Exploit Score
1.5/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication Required
Single
Impact Score
10/10
Confidentiality Impact
Complete
Availability Impact
Complete
Integrity Impact
Complete

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc5:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc7:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc6:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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