CVE-2013-6825

CVE-2013-6825 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in multiple applications within DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier, including movescu.cc and storescp.cc. The flaw stems from a failure to check the return value of the setuid system call, allowing a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by creating numerous processes. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.