{"id":"CVE-2013-7041","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2013-7041","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T19:52:43.450Z","title":"The pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.","description":"The pam_userdb module for Pam uses a case-insensitive method to compare hashed passwords, which makes it easier for attackers to guess the password via a brute force attack.","published":"2014-05-08T14:29:13.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:01:20.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":4.3,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-310"],"affected":["cristian gafton/pam userdb"],"epss":{"score":0.02484,"percentile":0.84488,"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":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/16","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/5","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64180","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731368","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038555","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/16","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/5","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64180","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-1","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-2","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2935-3","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=731368","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1038555","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-05","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7041","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."}