CVE-2013-2207

LowCVSS 2.6/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 2.6/10AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Oct 9, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-2207: Low severity, CVSS 2.6 | Vulnix