CVE-2020-21583 — Vulnetix

CVE-2020-21583 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.04% · 11.7th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.04%

11.7th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:14.04:LTS	util-linux	0, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu9, 2.20.1-5.1ubuntu10

Exploit Intelligence

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804 (nist-nvd)
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html (nist-nvd)
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241220-0006/ (circl)

Timeline

Aug 22, 2023 CVE Published
Aug 23, 2023 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2020-21583 third-party-advisory
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2020-21583 third-party-advisory

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