CVE-2013-2069 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat livecd-tools versions prior to 13.4.4, 17.17, 18.16, and 19.3. If a Kickstart file lacks a rootpw directive, the root user's password is set to empty, enabling local users to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 13.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 17.0, < 17.17CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 18.0, < 18.16CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 19.0, < 19.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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