CVE-2013-4577

A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 2.1 Low

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2014-05-12

Last modified

2025-02-13

Weaknesses

CWE-264

Affected products

• Grub (Gnu)

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3
• https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598