CVE-2013-4577

low
Published 2014-05-12 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

A certain Debian patch for GNU GRUB uses world-readable permissions for grub.cfg, which allows local users to obtain password hashes, as demonstrated by reading the password_pbkdf2 directive in the file.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4577

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed2.00-20
debian debianbullseyefixed2.00-20
debian debianforkyfixed2.00-20
debian debiansidfixed2.00-20
debian debiantrixiefixed2.00-20

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
gnugrub-

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.