CVE-2013-4392 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in systemd where a symlink attack can be used to manipulate file permissions and SELinux security contexts for arbitrary files during permission updates. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (Medium), this vulnerability requires local access and user interaction (UI:R) to achieve high confidentiality impact (C:H) but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, indicating a low likelihood of real-world exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 239CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
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