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CVE-2020-21583

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Date: August 21, 2023

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.

Language: C

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Related Resources (4)

https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-21583
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2020-21583

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Weakness Type (CWE)

OS Command Injections

CWE-78

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NVD-CWE-noinfo

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): HIGH
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

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