CVE-2013-3709

Summary

CVECVE-2013-3709
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-23 23:55:04 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionWebYaST 1.3 uses weak permissions for config/initializers/secret_token.rb, which allows local users to gain privileges by reading the Rails secret token from this file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS: 0.000290000 probability, percentile 0.081430000 (date 2026-04-30)

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Novell Suse Lifecycle Management Server 1.3 All All All
Application Suse Studio Onsite 1.3 All All All
Application Suse Webyast 1.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com Exploit
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1954-1: important: Fixes a local vu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2013:1894-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1961-1: important: Fixes a local vu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
metasploit-framework/rails_secret_deserialization.rb at master · rapid7/metasploit-framework · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0022-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2013:1952-1: important: Fixes a local vu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
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