CVE-2013-6825

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-6825
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-10 14:55:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.5.1 All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.5.2 All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.5.2a All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.5.3 All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.5.4 All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk 3.6.0 All All All
Application Offis Dcmtk All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
DCMTK CVE-2013-6825 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
DCMTK Privilege Escalation ≈ Packet Storm af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 packetstormsecurity.com Exploit
git.dcmtk.org Git af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.dcmtk.org
Full Disclosure: CVE-2013-6825 DCMTK Root Privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 seclists.org
Security Advisory SA58916 - DCMTK Multiple Privilege Escalation Vulnerabilities - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
git.dcmtk.org Git - dcmtk.git/blob - CHANGES.361 MITRE git.dcmtk.org
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