PT-2013-4994 · Systemd+2 · Systemd+2

Florian Weimer · Published 2013-10-28 · Updated 2025-06-09 · CVE-2013-4392

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to change the permissions and SELinux security contexts for arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2180

CVE-2013-4392

ECHO-B55C-210A-6F81

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Debian

Systemd

References · 8

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4392 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-4392 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4392 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4392 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/10/01/9 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/125104 · Telegram Post
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=725357 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859060 · Note