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CVE-2013-1813

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1813 describes a vulnerability in BusyBox before version 1.21.0, specifically in the util-linux/mdev.c component, where parent directories created under /dev/ are assigned insecure 0777 permissions. This flaw affects various BusyBox implementations, including those in Red Hat Enterprise Linux and T-Mobile products. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this local vulnerability (AV:L/AC:L) carries high impact potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:C/I:C/A:C). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0.0.4.376_3169CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:t-mobile:tm-ac1900:3.0.0.4.376_3169:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 1.20.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.38CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.39CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.62%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
46.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0062 is in the 68th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: busybox-1:1.15.1-20.el6
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1813Low

busybox: insecure directory permissions in /dev

Mar 1, 2013

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
git.busybox.net / busybox/commit
ExploitPatch
lists.busybox.net / pipermail/busybox/2013-January/078864.html
packetstormsecurity.com / files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-1732.html
Vendor Advisory
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15
seclists.org / bugtraq/2019/Jun/14
support.t-mobile.com / docs/DOC-21994