hwclock 2.27 Date path privilege escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in hwclock 2.27. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Date Handler. This manipulation of the argument path causes an unknown weakness. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2020-21583. There is no exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in hwclock 2.27. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Date Handler. The manipulation of the argument path with an unknown input leads to a unknown weakness. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

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.

The weakness was shared 08/23/2023 as 132061. The advisory is shared at bugs.debian.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2020-21583 since 08/13/2020. Technical details are known, but no exploit is available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.1

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privilege escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Partially

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Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/13/2020 🔍
08/23/2023 +1105 days 🔍
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09/16/2023 +24 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 132061
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2020-21583 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2020-21583
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-237769

Entryinfo

Created: 08/23/2023 10:11
Updated: 09/16/2023 07:37
Changes: 08/23/2023 10:11 (37), 09/16/2023 07:37 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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