CVE-2013-6795
The Updater in Rackspace Openstack Windows Guest Agent for XenServer before 1.2.6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized .NET object to TCP port 1984, which triggers the download and extraction of a ZIP file that…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The Updater in Rackspace Openstack Windows Guest Agent for XenServer before 1.2.6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized .NET object to TCP port 1984, which triggers the download and extraction of a ZIP file that overwrites the Agent service binary.
- CVSS 2.0
- 9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.34% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- rackspace/openstack windows guest agent
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0122.html
- http://blog.cloudpassage.com/2013/11/18/cve-2013-6795-vulnerability-rackspace-windows-agent-updater/URL Repurposed
- http://osvdb.org/100191
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124153/Rackspace-Windows-Agent-Updater-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55775
- https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/commit/ef16f88f20254b8083e361f11707da25f8482401Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/releases/tag/1.2.6.0
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0122.html
- http://blog.cloudpassage.com/2013/11/18/cve-2013-6795-vulnerability-rackspace-windows-agent-updater/URL Repurposed
- http://osvdb.org/100191
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124153/Rackspace-Windows-Agent-Updater-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/55775
- https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/commit/ef16f88f20254b8083e361f11707da25f8482401Exploit, Patch
- https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/releases/tag/1.2.6.0
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.