busybox: insecure directory permissions in /dev
Published Nov 23, 2013
7.2
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.62%
Description
util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 6.0
Configuration 3
- ≤ 1.20.2
- 0.38
- 0.39
- 0.40
- 0.41
- 0.42
- 0.43
- 0.45
- 0.46
- 0.47
- 0.48
- 0.49
- 0.50
- 0.51
- 0.52
- 0.60.0
- 0.60.1
- 0.60.2
- 0.60.3
- 0.60.4
- 0.60.5
- 1.00
- 1.01
- 1.1.0
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2
- 1.1.3
- 1.2.0
- 1.2.1
- 1.2.2
- 1.2.2.1
- 1.3.0
- 1.3.1
- 1.3.2
- 1.4.0
- 1.4.1
- 1.4.2
- 1.5.0
- 1.5.1
- 1.6.0
- 1.6.1
- 1.7.0
- 1.7.1
- 1.7.2
- 1.7.3
- 1.8.0
- 1.8.1
- 1.8.2
- 1.9.0
- 1.9.1
- 1.9.2
- 1.10.0
- 1.10.1
- 1.10.2
- 1.10.3
- 1.10.4
- 1.11.0
- 1.11.1
- 1.11.2
- 1.11.3
- 1.12.0
- 1.12.1
- 1.12.2
- 1.12.3
- 1.12.4
- 1.13.0
- 1.13.1
- 1.13.2
- 1.13.3
- 1.13.4
- 1.14.0
- 1.14.1
- 1.14.2
- 1.14.3
- 1.14.4
- 1.15.0
- 1.15.1
- 1.15.2
- 1.15.3
- 1.16.0
- 1.16.1
- 1.16.2
- 1.17.0
- 1.17.1
- 1.17.2
- 1.17.3
- 1.17.4
- 1.18.0
- 1.18.1
- 1.18.2
- 1.18.3
- 1.18.4
- 1.18.5
- 1.19.0
- 1.19.2
- 1.19.3
- 1.19.4
- 1.20.0
- 1.20.1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
busybox-1:1.15.1-20.el6
Fixed · RHSA-2013:1732
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
busybox
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | busybox-1:1.15.1-20.el6 | Fixed | RHSA-2013:1732 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | busybox | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.62% (0.00623) | 48.01th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.62% (0.00623) | 44.96th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.03% (0.00030) | 5.55th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 22, 2023 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 68.05th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 65.91th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.28% (0.01282) | 41.72th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (14)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=701965 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.busybox.net/busybox/commit/?id=4609f477c7e043a4f6147dfe6e86b775da2ef784 x_refsource_CONFIRMExploitPatch
- http://lists.busybox.net/pipermail/busybox/2013-January/078864.html mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153278/WAGO-852-Industrial-Managed-Switch-Series-Code-Execution-Hardcoded-Credentials.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1732.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATVendor Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2019/Jun/18 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Aug/20 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2020/Mar/15 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1813 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=919608 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1813
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jun/14 mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- https://support.t-mobile.com/docs/DOC-21994 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1813
Change history (0)
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