Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 12, 2014· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2013-4577

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.

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Affected products

GNU/Grub2
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:grub:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Gnu Project/Gnu Grubllm-fuzzy

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/291nvdPatch
seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/292nvdPatch
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2024/01/15/3nvd
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd

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