CVE-2013-4577 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2014-05-12

Score: 2.1 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

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Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00384.

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References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Gnu Grub

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-05-12T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2025-02-13T16:27:10.807Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2013-4577

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-12T14:55:05.023

Modified: 2026-06-16T23:57:29.110

Link: CVE-2013-4577

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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