CVE-2013-6124

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2014-08-31 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The Qualcomm Innovation Center (QuIC) init scripts in Code Aurora Forum (CAF) releases of Android 4.1.x through 4.4.x allow local users to modify file metadata via a symlink attack on a file accessed by a (1) chown or (2) chmod command, as demonstrated by changing the permissions of an arbitrary file via an attack on the sensor-settings file.

Affected products

Codeaurora Android-Msm: 3.2.54, 3.2.55, 3.2.56, 3.2.57, 3.2.58, 3.2.59 (+165)

References

https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/insecure-owner-permission-changes-init-shell-scripts-cve-2013-6124
https://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/insecure-owner-permission-changes-init-shell-scripts-cve-2013-6124

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