Description
systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.
Published: 2020-06-03
Score: 6.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2020-5993 systemd through v245 mishandles numerical usernames such as ones composed of decimal digits or 0x followed by hex digits, as demonstrated by use of root privileges when privileges of the 0x0 user account were intended. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2017-1000082.
History

Sat, 12 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00154}

epss

{'score': 0.00093}


Mon, 09 Jun 2025 16:15:00 +0000

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Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'total'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}


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Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager Solidfire \& Hci Management Node
Redhat Enterprise Linux Rhel Eus
Systemd Project Systemd
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2025-06-09T15:46:14.046Z

Reserved: 2020-06-03T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2020-13776

cve-icon Vulnrichment

Updated: 2024-08-04T12:25:16.521Z

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2020-06-03T03:15:10.677

Modified: 2025-06-09T16:15:31.573

Link: CVE-2020-13776

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2020-05-31T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2020-13776 - Bugzilla

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