CVE-2013-6435

Race condition in RPM 4.11.1 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RPM file whose installation extracts the contents to temporary files before validating the signature, as demonstrated by installing a file in the /etc/cron.d directory.

Published: 2014-12-16 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6435 is rated Moderate Risk (61.4/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.71%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6435

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 2026-05-26 5.08% 4.71% -0.37%
2 2025-10-01 6.75% 5.08% -1.66%
3 2025-03-30 — 6.75% —

Full EPSS history (11 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6435

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.6 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 4.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2013-6435

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6435

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2013-6435 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (rpm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-6435
gentoo normal CVE-2013-6435: 1 GLSA(s) (201811-22), 1 atom(s) (app-arch/rpm); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2013-6435
redhat high — https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6435
suse high CVE-2013-6435 severity important: SUSE including 62 source package names (0.9.1:rpm-4.11.2-10.1, 1.0.0:rpm-4.11.2-10.1, …), 167 product×package rows across 69 product lines (Container caasp/v4/default-http-backend, Container caasp/v4/dnsmasq-nanny, … (69 product lines)): Fixed 166, Known Not Affected 1. https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-6435/
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6435 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (rpm), 5 status rows across 5 suites (lucid, precise, trusty, upstream, utopic): released 4, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6435

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6435

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
rpm rpm <= 4.11.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.2\/a cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.2\/a:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 1.4.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:1.4.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.0.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.0.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.3.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.3.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.10 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.2.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.3.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.3.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.8 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.9 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.11 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.4.12 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.4.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.5.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 2.6.7 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:2.6.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.3 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.4 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.5 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 3.0.6 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:3.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0. cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
rpm rpm 4.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:rpm:rpm:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6435

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