CVE-2013-4400

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Summary

CVECVE-2013-4400
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-12-09 16:36:46 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionvirt-login-shell in libvirt 1.1.2 through 1.1.3 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly gain privileges via unspecified environment variables or command-line arguments.

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: 0.000530000 probability, percentile 0.163320000 (date 2026-04-29)

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 Redhat Libvirt 1.1.2 All All All
Application Redhat Libvirt 1.1.3 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
Security Advisory SA60895 - Gentoo update for libvirt - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- libvirt: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
1015228 – (CVE-2013-4400) CVE-2013-4400 libvirt: virt-login-shell arbitrary file overwrites vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Patch
libvirt: Wiki: Maintenance Releases af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.libvirt.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: libvirt-1.1.3.1-1.fc20 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 libvirt.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
libvirt.org Git - libvirt.git/commit MITRE libvirt.org
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