CVE-2013-6409 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Debian adequate versions prior to 0.8.1. When run as root with the --user option, a local attacker could exploit the TIOCSTI ioctl to hijack the tty, potentially gaining elevated privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.2 (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C), indicating a high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, but requiring high attack complexity and local access. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.8CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:adequate:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:adequate:0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:adequate:0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:adequate:0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:debian:adequate:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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