CVE-2013-1813
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.6%EU EUVD
util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.6% (50th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-1833)
- Published
- November 23, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-1833 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- busybox / busybox
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References
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701965
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4609f477c7e043a4f6147dfe6e86b775da2ef784(Exploit, Patch)
- http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2013-January/078864.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1732.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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