01 Record
CVE-2013-6418
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-05-05 17:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 17:39Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-11-04
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8166684455092d8b858b4af243c48ed32b2f4f94322659adcdb44912c87343f6
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20131220 Re: CVE already assigned for 1026891?http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/531
- sourceforge.net[pywbem-devel] 20131216 TOCTOU issue (time of check, time of use)http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/mailman/message/31757312/
- secunia.com58327http://secunia.com/advisories/58327
- www.securityfocus.com64544http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64544
- www.oracle.comhttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2016-2867206.html
- www.suse.comSUSE-SU-2014:0580https://www.suse.com/support/update/announcement/2014/suse-su-20140580-1.html
- sourceforge.nethttp://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039801