Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in DCMTK by Offis
CVE-2013-6825

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Key Information:

Vendor: Offis
Status: Dcmtk
Vendor: CVE Published:; 10 June 2014

What is CVE-2013-6825?

The privilege escalation vulnerability in DCMTK versions up to 3.6.1 arises from the failure to check the return value of the setuid system call in various components, including movescu.cc and storescp.cc. This oversight allows local users to create an excessive number of processes, ultimately leading to unauthorized privilege elevation and potential system compromises.

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