Vulnerability Database

299,759

Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2013-2207

pt_chown in GNU C Library (aka glibc or libc6) before 2.18 does not properly check permissions for tty files, which allows local users to change the permission on the files and obtain access to arbitrary pseudo-terminals by leveraging a FUSE file system.

  • Published: Oct 9, 2013
  • Updated: Nov 9, 2025
  • CVE: CVE-2013-2207
  • Severity: Low
  • Exploit:

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 2.6
  • AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
gnu / glibc 2.1.2 2.1.2.x
gnu / glibc 2.11 2.11.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.5 2.0.5.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.6 2.0.6.x
gnu / glibc 2.10.1 2.10.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.1.1 2.1.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.14 2.14.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.3 2.0.3.x
gnu / glibc 2.0 2.0.x
gnu / glibc 2.13 2.13.x
gnu / glibc 2.1.1.6 2.1.1.6.x
gnu / glibc 2.1 2.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.1.9 2.1.9.x
gnu / glibc 2.12.1 2.12.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.1 2.0.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.14.1 2.14.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.11.2 2.11.2.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.4 2.0.4.x
gnu / glibc 2.0.2 2.0.2.x
gnu / glibc 2.16 2.16.x
gnu / glibc - 2.17.x
gnu / glibc 2.11.3 2.11.3.x
gnu / glibc 2.11.1 2.11.1.x
gnu / glibc 2.1.3 2.1.3.x
gnu / glibc 2.15 2.15.x
gnu / glibc 2.12.2 2.12.2.x
fedoraproject / fedora 18 18.x
fedoraproject / fedora 19 19.x