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CVE-2020-21583

6.7 mediumEPSS 0.5%

Medium (6.7) in kernel util-linux. EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

Severity

CVSS 3.1

6.7 medium
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
0.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 45% of CVEs (scores of 2026-11-01)
CWE
CWE-78
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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