Vulnerability CVE-2020-21583
Published: 2023-08-22

Description:
An issue was discovered in hwclock.13-v2.27 allows attackers to gain escalated privlidges or execute arbitrary commands via the path parameter when setting the date.

 References:
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=786804
https://packetstormsecurity.com/files/132061/hwclock-Privilege-Escalation.html
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