CVE-2013-1813

Exp

util-linux/mdev.c in BusyBox before 1.21.0 uses 0777 permissions for parent directories when creating nested directories under /dev/, which allows local users to have unknown impact and attack vectors.

Published: 2013-11-23 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-1813 is rated Exploit Available (53.1/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.09%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-1813

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-1813

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-11-30 0.03% 0.09% +0.07%
2 2025-03-30 0.42% 0.03% -0.40%
3 2025-03-29 0.42%

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1813

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1813

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1813

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2013-1813 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (busybox), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1813
gentoo normal CVE-2013-1813: 1 GLSA(s) (201312-02), 1 atom(s) (sys-apps/busybox); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-1813
redhat low https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1813
ubuntu negligible CVE-2013-1813 negligible priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (busybox), 23 status rows across 23 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, eoan, focal, groovy, hardy, hirsute, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 15, ignored 7, released 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1813

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1813

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat enterprise_linux 6.0 cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
t-mobile tm-ac1900 3.0.0.4.376_3169 cpe:2.3:o:t-mobile:tm-ac1900:3.0.0.4.376_3169:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox <= 1.20.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.38 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.38:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.39 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.39:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.40 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.41 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.42 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.43 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.45 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.45:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.46 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.47 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.47:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.48 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.48:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.49 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.49:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.50 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.51 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.51:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.52 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.52:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.4 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 0.60.5 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:0.60.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.00 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.01 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.4.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.5.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.6.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.6.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.9.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.9.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.9.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.9.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.9.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.10.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.10.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.10.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.10.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.10.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.10.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.10.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.10.4 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.10.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.11.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.11.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.11.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.11.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.11.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.12.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.12.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.12.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.12.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.12.4 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.12.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.13.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.13.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.13.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.13.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.13.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.13.4 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.13.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.14.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.14.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.14.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.14.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.14.3 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.14.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.14.4 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.14.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.15.0 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.15.1 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.15.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
busybox busybox 1.15.2 cpe:2.3:a:busybox:busybox:1.15.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1813

cvelogic Threat Intelligence