CVE-2013-0940

CVE-2013-0940 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting EMC NetWorker versions prior to 7.6.5.3 and 8.0.1.4. The nsrpush process in the client component sets weak permissions on unspecified files, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges through unknown vectors. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (High), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires local access, but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this decade-old vulnerability.