CVE-2013-1820 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the 'tuned' service, affecting Fedora and Red Hat's 'tuned' package before version 2.x. The flaw stems from insecure permissions within 'tuned's ktune service, allowing local users to terminate running processes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating a low attack complexity and requiring local access, but with a high impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, no known public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:tuned:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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