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CVE-2013-4419
The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when using the --remote or --listen option, does not properly check the…
Medium6.8EPSS 0.75%
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- redhat
Description
The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when using the --remote or --listen option, does not properly check the ownership of /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ when creating a temporary socket file in this directory, which allows local users to write to the socket and execute arbitrary commands by creating /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ in advance.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.75% · top 45% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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References (5)
- RHSA-2013:1536 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 55813 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [Libguestfs] 20131017 ANNOUNCE: CVE-2013-4419: insecure temporary directory handling for guestfish's network socket (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1626 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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