CVE-2013-4679

Exp

Symantec Workspace Virtualization before 6.x before 6.4.1953.0, when a virtual application layer is configured, allows local users to gain privileges via an application that performs crafted interaction with the operating system.

Published: 2013-08-05 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4679 is rated High Exploit Risk (63.1/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 1.04%). Core evidence: 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-4679

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26950 exploit_db edb 2013-07-18 Exploit-DB ↗
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4679

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 0.20% 1.04% +0.84%
2 2025-03-30 0.28% 0.20% -0.09%
3 2025-03-29 0.28%

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4679

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:S)
A single authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
2.7 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4679

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4679

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec workspace_virtualization <= 6.4.1895.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:workspace_virtualization:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4679

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