CVE-2013-0218

The GUI installer in JBoss Enterprise Application Platform (EAP) and Enterprise Web Platform (EWP) 5.2.0 and possibly 5.1.2 uses world-readable permissions for the auto-install XML file, which allows local users to obtain the administrator password and the sucker password by reading this file.

Published: 2013-02-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-0218 is rated Low Risk (18.6/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.37%). Low composite risk—no urgent action required; patch on your normal maintenance cycle and revisit priority if CVSS or EPSS increases.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0218

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.05% 0.37% +0.32%
2 2025-12-07 0.07% 0.05% -0.02%
3 2025-03-17 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0218

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
2.1 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0218

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-0218

vendor priority summary link
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0218
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-0218 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (jbossas4), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-0218

NVD evaluator notes for CVE-2013-0218

Comment: Per http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0206.html "An update for JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 5.2.0 which fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal." Per http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0207.html "An update for JBoss Enterprise Web Platform 5.2.0 which fixes one security issue is now available from the Red Hat Customer Portal."

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0218

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_application_platform 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform 5.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
redhat jboss_enterprise_web_platform 5.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_web_platform:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0218

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