CVE-2013-0513

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise 5.6 and 8.x before 8.7 and IBM Rational Policy Tester 5.6 and 8.x before 8.5.0.4 create a service that lacks " (double quote) characters in the service path, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program, related to an "Unquoted Service Path Enumeration" vulnerability.

Published: 2013-03-29 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-0513 is rated Low Risk (37.8/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.33%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-0513

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% 0.33% +0.28%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.05% +0.01%
3 2023-03-07 0.04%

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-0513

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C 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:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-0513

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-0513

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
ibm security_appscan 5.6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:5.6.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.0.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.0.2:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.1.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.1.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.0.11:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.5.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.5.0.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.6.0.0:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.6.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.6.0.1:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm security_appscan 8.6.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:security_appscan:8.6.0.2:-:enterprise:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 5.6.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:5.6.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.0.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.0.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
ibm rational_policy_tester 8.5.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:ibm:rational_policy_tester:8.5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-0513

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