PT-2023-11594 · Hwclock · Hwclock

Published 2023-08-22 · Updated 2024-12-20 · CVE-2020-21583

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions hwclock version 2.27

Description An issue was discovered that allows attackers to gain escalated privileges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

Recommendations For version 2.27, consider restricting access to the date-setting functionality until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, avoid using the path parameter when setting the date to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

OS Command Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-78

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-21583

Affected Products

Hwclock

References · 11

• 🔥 https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html · Exploit
• 🔥 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-21583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-21583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21583 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-21583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-21583 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21583 · Security Note
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0006 · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/105078 · Telegram Post