CVE-2013-4777 - A certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless uses init to create a /dev/socket/init_runit socket that listens for shell commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by interacting with a LocalSocket object

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A certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless uses init to create a /dev/socket/init_runit socket that listens for shell commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by interacting with a LocalSocket object

Published Sep 25, 2013

6.9

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.21%

Description

A certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless uses init to create a /dev/socket/init_runit socket that listens for shell commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by interacting with a LocalSocket object.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (1)

https://plus.google.com/110348415484169880343/posts/5ofgPNrSu3J
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Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 25, 2013

Updated Sep 17, 2024

Reserved Jul 8, 2013

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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