{"id":"CVE-2013-6435","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-6435","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:52:07.728Z","title":"Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the…","description":"Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.","published":"2014-12-16T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:00:29.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":7.6,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C"},"cwe":["CWE-74"],"affected":["rpm/rpm","debian/debian linux"],"epss":{"score":0.07606,"percentile":0.9451,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (7.61%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0529.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10705","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1974.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1975.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1976.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3129","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:251","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:056","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/71558","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1039811","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-22","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://securityblog.redhat.com/2014/12/10/analysis-of-the-cve-2013-6435-flaw-in-rpm/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6435","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}