CVE-2013-4577

Published: May 12, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

2.1

Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability: 3.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Gnu: Grub

Gnu

1 product

Grub

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Gnu Grub	All versions

Related CWEs

CWE-264

References (8)

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Patch

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=632598

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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