CVE-2013-6124: Code Aurora Android-Msm

Low severity, CVSS 3.3. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

• Code Aurora Android-Msm: version 3.2.54 only; version 3.2.55 only; version 3.2.56 only; version 3.2.57 only; version 3.2.58 only; version 3.2.59 only; …

Published 2014-08-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.