CVE-2013-6124 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) init scripts within Code Aurora Forum (CAF) Android releases 4.1.x through 4.4.x. An attacker can exploit this by using a symlink attack against chown or chmod commands, specifically targeting files like sensor-settings, to modify metadata of arbitrary files. With a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2.54CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.54:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.55CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.55:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.56CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.56:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.57CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2.58CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:codeaurora:android-msm:3.2.58:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
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