CVE-2013-6766

OpenVAS Administrator 1.2 before 1.2.2 and 1.3 before 1.3.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the OAP authentication restrictions and execute OAP commands via a crafted OAP request for version information, which causes the state to be set to CLIENT_AUTHENTIC.

Published: 2014-05-19 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2013-6766 is rated Moderate Risk (49.9/100): CVSS High severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.38%). Review affected assets and schedule remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2013-6766

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 2025-03-17 0.62% 0.38% -0.24%
2 2024-12-17 0.72% 0.62% -0.09%
3 2023-03-07 — 0.72% —

Full EPSS history (4 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2013-6766

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-2013-6766

OS Trackers for CVE-2013-6766

vendor priority summary link
ubuntu medium CVE-2013-6766 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (openvas-server), 17 status rows across 17 suites (artful, bionic, cosmic, disco, lucid, precise, quantal, raring, saucy, trusty, upstream, utopic, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): DNE 10, ignored 6, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-6766

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2013-6766

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
openvas openvas_administrator 1.2 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.2:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.2.0 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.2.1 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.3:beta1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.3 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.3:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.3.0 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
openvas openvas_administrator 1.3.1 cpe:2.3:a:openvas:openvas_administrator:1.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2013-6766

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