CVE-2013-4786

Exp

The IPMI 2.0 specification supports RMCP+ Authenticated Key-Exchange Protocol (RAKP) authentication, which allows remote attackers to obtain password hashes and conduct offline password guessing attacks by obtaining the HMAC from a RAKP message 2 response from a BMC.

Published: 2013-07-08 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-4786 is rated High Exploit Risk (78.6/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 66.93%, 99th percentile). Core evidence: 1 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-2013-4786

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
38633 exploit_db edb 2013-07-02 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4786

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 2026-06-06 67.84% 66.93% -0.91%
2 2026-03-31 73.19% 67.84% -5.35%
3 2026-03-04 73.19%

Full EPSS history (63 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4786

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 3.0 HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Attack vector (AV:N)
Could be attacked over the internet or any normal routed network—not just someone sitting at the machine.
Attack complexity (AC:L)
Once they can reach the bug, pulling it off is straightforward—no weird race conditions or rare setup.
Privileges required (PR:N)
No account or special rights needed—anonymous or random user is enough.
User interaction (UI:N)
Nobody has to click “OK” or open a trap file; it can work without a victim helping.
Scope (S:U)
Damage stays in the same “trust bubble” as the broken component—no big spill into unrelated systems.
Confidentiality (C:H)
Serious risk that confidential data gets exposed in a big way.
Integrity (I:N)
Data isn’t meaningfully altered or forged.
Availability (A:N)
Service keeps running; no real outage angle.
3.9 3.6 [email protected]
7.8 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
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:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
10.0 6.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4786

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4786

vendor priority summary link
redhat medium https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4786
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4786 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (freeipmi, openipmi), 12 status rows across 6 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, upstream): ignored 10, needs-triage 2. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4786

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4786

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
oracle fujitsu_m10_firmware <= 2290 cpe:2.3:o:oracle:fujitsu_m10_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
intel intelligent_platform_management_interface 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:intel:intelligent_platform_management_interface:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4786

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