CVE-2013-6825 — (1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes

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HIGH

(1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes

Published Jun 10, 2014

7.2

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 0.49%

Description

(1) movescu.cc and (2) storescp.cc in dcmnet/apps/, (3) dcmnet/libsrc/scp.cc, (4) dcmwlm/libsrc/wlmactmg.cc, (5) dcmprscp.cc and (6) dcmpsrcv.cc in dcmpstat/apps/, (7) dcmpstat/tests/msgserv.cc, and (8) dcmqrdb/apps/dcmqrscp.cc in DCMTK 3.6.1 and earlier does not check the return value of the setuid system call, which allows local users to gain privileges by creating a large number of processes.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.49% 0.00489

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00489

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)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.49% (0.00489)	39.83th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.49% (0.00489)	38.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.11% (0.00111)	27.23th	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	1.03% (0.01034)	41.69th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	39.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	37.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.03% (0.01034)	20.32th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (6)

http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES.361
x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html
x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11
mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/58916
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532261/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67784
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://git.dcmtk.org/web?p=dcmtk.git%3Ba=blob%3Bf=CHANGES.361		x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/126883/DCMTK-Privilege-Escalation.html		x_refsource_MISCExploit
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Jun/11		mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/58916		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/532261/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67784		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 10, 2014

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Nov 19, 2013

Link CVE-2013-6825

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2013-6825

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2013-6825