CVE-2013-4956

Puppet Module Tool (PMT), as used in Puppet 2.7.x before 2.7.23 and 3.2.x before 3.2.4, and Puppet Enterprise 2.8.x before 2.8.3 and 3.0.x before 3.0.1, installs modules with weak permissions if those permissions were used when the modules were originally built, which might allow local users to read or modify those modules depending on the original permissions.

Published: 2013-08-20 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-4956 is rated Low Risk (25/100): CVSS Low severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.11%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-4956

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 2025-06-03 0.04% 0.11% +0.06%
2 2025-03-30 0.07% 0.04% -0.02%
3 2025-03-29 — 0.07% —

Full EPSS history (5 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-4956

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
3.6 2.0 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:N)
No availability impact.
 3.9 4.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-4956

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-4956

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-4956 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (puppet), 1 status rows across 1 suites (bullseye): resolved 1. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4956
gentoo high CVE-2013-4956: 1 GLSA(s) (201308-04), 1 atom(s) (app-admin/puppet); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-4956
redhat medium — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-4956
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-4956 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (puppet), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, quantal, raring, upstream): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4956

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-4956

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
puppet puppet 2.7.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.4 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.5 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.6 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.7 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.8 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.9 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.10 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.11 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.12 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.13 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.14 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.14:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.16 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.17 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.18 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.21 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.21:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 2.7.22 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:2.7.22:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 3.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 3.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet 3.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:3.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 2.8.2 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:2.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppet puppet_enterprise 3.0.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_enterprise:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 2.7.1 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:2.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
puppetlabs puppet 3.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:puppetlabs:puppet:3.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-4956

cvelogic Threat Intelligence