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The vulnerability of the wordexp() function in the library that handles system calls and core glibc functions allows a hacker to read arbitrary files.

🗓️ 13 Jul 2021 00:00:00Reported by FSTEC of Russia — Information Security Threat DatabaseType 
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The wordexp() vulnerability in the GNU C library caused by numerical overflow could allow reading files.

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20 Oct 2022 00:00Current
6.9Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.9
CVSS 25.6
CVSS 36.7
EPSS0.02678
wordexp vulnerabilityGNU C librarynumerical overflowsystem callsread files
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