CVE-2013-6409

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6409
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-07 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionDebian adequate before 0.8.1, when run by root with the --user option, allows local users to hijack the tty and possibly gain privileges via the TIOCSTI ioctl.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.000490000 probability, percentile 0.149240000 (date 2026-04-29)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Adequate 0.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.1.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.2 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.2.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.3.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.4 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.4.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.4.2 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.4.3 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.4.4 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.5 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.5.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.5.2 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.5.3 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.6 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.7 All All All
Application Debian Adequate 0.7.1 All All All
Application Debian Adequate All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
#730691 - adequate: CVE-2013-6409: privilege escalation via tty hijacking - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Debian adequate '-- user' Option Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
404 — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org
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