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CVE-2013-1815
Packstack: red hat openstack: packstack: unauthorized system modification via insecure answer file creation
Medium6.1EPSS 0.45%
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- redhat
Description
A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system modifications.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| redhatCNA (assigner) | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium6.1 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.45% · top 61% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.1.
Weakness
Affected products
Red Hat · OpenStack Folsom for RHEL 6
- unaffected 0:2012.2.3-0.1.dev454.el6ost – < *
Red Hat · Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)
All versions: affected
Red Hat · Red Hat OpenStack Platform 4
All versions: affected
References (5)
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0671.html (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2013:0671 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1815 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_REDHAT
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917904 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83017 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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