CVE-2013-5008

The agent and task-agent components in Symantec Management Platform 7.0 and 7.1 before 7.1 SP2 Mp1.1v7 rollup, as used in certain Altiris products, use the same registry-entry encryption key across different customers' installations, which makes it easier for local users to obtain sensitive information about package-server access, or cause a denial of service, by leveraging knowledge of this key.

Published: 2013-10-10 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2013-5008 is rated Low Risk (20.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.04%). 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-2013-5008

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 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
2 2022-02-04 0.89%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5008

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.6 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial availability impact.
3.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5008

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5008

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec management_platform 7.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:management_platform:7.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5008

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