2.1

CVE-2013-4969: canonical ubuntu_linux Link Following

CVSS: 2.1v2.0LowModified
AliasesMGASA-2014-0084DEBIAN-CVE-2013-4969DSA-2831-1
Published 07-01-2014Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2013-4969 is a low (CVSS 2.1) Link Following vulnerability in canonical ubuntu_linux. EPSS estimates a 0.43% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 35.6% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
8/100
0100
Minimal · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
2.1/10
010
Low · v2.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.43%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 07-01-2014
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

CVSS metrics

1 score · 1 source · 1 version

EPSS trend

Probability

0.43%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

36%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.43% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.43%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian2 products
  • puppet< 3.4.1-1 | < 2.6.2-5+squeeze9 | < 2.7.23-1~deb7u2
  • debian_linuxEOL6.0 | 7.0 | 8.0
Mageia2 products
  • puppet< 2.7.23-1.2.mga3
  • puppet3< 3.2.4-1.2.mga3
Canonical1 product
Puppet1 product
Puppetlabs1 product
  • puppet≥ 3.0.0, ≤ 3.3.2 | ≥ 3.4.0, < 3.4.1

5 vendors · 7 products

References

9 links