CVE-2013-1764

The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.

Published: 2014-04-16 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-1764 is rated Low Risk (19.1/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). 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-2013-1764

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 0.06% 0.38% +0.32%
2 2025-03-17 0.04% 0.06% +0.02%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.04% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-1764

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:N/I:P/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:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-1764

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-1764

vendor priority summary link
debian unimportant CVE-2013-1764 unimportant priority: Debian including 1 source packages (packagekit), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1764
redhat low — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1764
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-1764 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (packagekit), 6 status rows across 6 suites (hardy, lucid, oneiric, precise, quantal, upstream): not-affected 5, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1764

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-1764

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
packagekit_project packagekit <= 0.8.7 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.3 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.4 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.5 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
packagekit_project packagekit 0.8.6 cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-1764

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