CVE-2020-21583

medium

Description

An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

References

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2023-08-22

Updated: 2024-10-07

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:M/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H