CVE-2013-4777

medium
Published 2013-09-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

A certain configuration of Android 2.3.7 on the Motorola Defy XT phone for Republic Wireless uses init to create a /dev/socket/init_runit socket that listens for shell commands, which allows local users to gain privileges by interacting with a LocalSocket object.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

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References

CWEs

CWE-264

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