CVE-2013-5014

Exp

The management console in Symantec Endpoint Protection Manager (SEPM) 11.0 before 11.0.7405.1424 and 12.1 before 12.1.4023.4080, and Symantec Protection Center Small Business Edition 12.x before 12.1.4023.4080, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via XML data containing an external entity declaration in conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue.

Published: 2014-02-14 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-5014 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.8/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 86.20%, 99th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.98% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

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Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2013-5014

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
31917 exploit_db edb 2014-02-26 Exploit-DB ↗
31853 exploit_db edb 2014-02-23 Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-5014

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 2025-03-30 84.22% 86.20% +1.98%
2 2025-03-29 86.20% 84.22% -1.98%
3 2025-03-19 — 86.20% —

Full EPSS history (9 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-5014

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P 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:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-5014

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-5014

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 11.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec endpoint_protection_manager 12.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:endpoint_protection_manager:12.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
symantec protection_center 12.0 cpe:2.3:a:symantec:protection_center:12.0:*:*:*:small_business:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-5014

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