CVE-2013-2069
Red Hat livecd-tools before 13.4.4, 17.x before 17.17, 18.x before 18.16, and 19.x before 19.3, when a rootpw directive is not set in a Kickstart file, sets the root user password to empty, which allows local users to gain privileges.
- EPSS
- 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 28% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- redhat:livecd-tools
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60119
- https://aws.amazon.com/security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=964299