{"api_version":"1","generated_at":"2026-07-23T07:49:03+00:00","cve":"CVE-2013-7069","urls":{"html":"https://cve.report/CVE-2013-7069","api":"https://cve.report/api/cve/CVE-2013-7069.json","docs":"https://cve.report/api","cve_org":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7069","nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7069"},"summary":{"title":"CVE-2013-7069","description":"ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched.","state":"PUBLISHED","assigner":"debian","published_at":"2013-12-14 17:21:47","updated_at":"2026-04-29 01:13:23"},"problem_types":["CWE-94","n/a"],"metrics":[{"version":"2.0","source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","score":"6.8","severity":"","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","data":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"}}],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196","name":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"ack Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"0"},{"url":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399","name":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"Security vulnerability from project .ackrc files · Issue #399 · beyondgrep/ack2 · GitHub","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html","name":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"openSUSE-SU-2014:0142-1: moderate: update for ack","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484","name":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":[],"title":"oss-sec: Re: CVE Request: ack-grep: potential remote code execution via per-project .ackrc files","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55982","name":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55982","refsource":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"title":"Security Advisory SA55982 - ack &quot;.ackrc&quot; Options Handling Code Execution Vulnerability - Secunia","mime":"text/html","httpstatus":"200","archivestatus":"200"},{"url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-7069","name":"CVE Program record","refsource":"CVE.ORG","tags":["canonical"]},{"url":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-7069","name":"NVD vulnerability detail","refsource":"NVD","tags":["canonical","analysis"]}],"affected":[{"source":"CNA","vendor":"n/a","product":"n/a","version":"affected n/a","platforms":[]}],"timeline":[],"solutions":[],"workarounds":[],"exploits":[],"credits":[],"nvd_cpes":[{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.00","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.02","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.04","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.05_01","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.06","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.08","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.10","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.11","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.11_01","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"},{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","vulnerable":"1","versionEndIncluding":"","cpe1":"cpe","cpe2":"2.3","cpe3":"a","cpe4":"beyondgrep","cpe5":"ack","cpe6":"2.11_02","cpe7":"*","cpe8":"*","cpe9":"*","cpe10":"*","cpe11":"*","cpe12":"*","cpe13":"*"}],"vendor_comments":[],"enrichments":{"kev":null,"epss":{"cve_year":"2013","cve_id":"7069","cve":"CVE-2013-7069","epss":"0.031010000","percentile":"0.863750000","score_date":"2026-07-22","updated_at":"2026-07-23 00:09:34"},"legacy_qids":[]},"source_records":{"cve_program":{"containers":{"adp":[{"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T17:53:46.138Z","orgId":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108","shortName":"CVE"},"references":[{"name":"55982","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA","x_transferred"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55982"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2014:0142","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE","x_transferred"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html"},{"name":"64196","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID","x_transferred"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM","x_transferred"],"url":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20131211 Re: CVE Request: ack-grep: potential remote code execution via per-project .ackrc files","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST","x_transferred"],"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484"}],"title":"CVE Program Container"}],"cna":{"affected":[{"product":"n/a","vendor":"n/a","versions":[{"status":"affected","version":"n/a"}]}],"datePublic":"2013-11-08T00:00:00.000Z","descriptions":[{"lang":"en","value":"ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched."}],"problemTypes":[{"descriptions":[{"description":"n/a","lang":"en","type":"text"}]}],"providerMetadata":{"dateUpdated":"2014-02-20T15:57:00.000Z","orgId":"79363d38-fa19-49d1-9214-5f28da3f3ac5","shortName":"debian"},"references":[{"name":"55982","tags":["third-party-advisory","x_refsource_SECUNIA"],"url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55982"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2014:0142","tags":["vendor-advisory","x_refsource_SUSE"],"url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html"},{"name":"64196","tags":["vdb-entry","x_refsource_BID"],"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196"},{"tags":["x_refsource_CONFIRM"],"url":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20131211 Re: CVE Request: ack-grep: potential remote code execution via per-project .ackrc files","tags":["mailing-list","x_refsource_MLIST"],"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484"}],"x_legacyV4Record":{"CVE_data_meta":{"ASSIGNER":"security@debian.org","ID":"CVE-2013-7069","STATE":"PUBLIC"},"affects":{"vendor":{"vendor_data":[{"product":{"product_data":[{"product_name":"n/a","version":{"version_data":[{"version_value":"n/a"}]}}]},"vendor_name":"n/a"}]}},"data_format":"MITRE","data_type":"CVE","data_version":"4.0","description":{"description_data":[{"lang":"eng","value":"ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched."}]},"problemtype":{"problemtype_data":[{"description":[{"lang":"eng","value":"n/a"}]}]},"references":{"reference_data":[{"name":"55982","refsource":"SECUNIA","url":"http://secunia.com/advisories/55982"},{"name":"openSUSE-SU-2014:0142","refsource":"SUSE","url":"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html"},{"name":"64196","refsource":"BID","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64196"},{"name":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399","refsource":"CONFIRM","url":"https://github.com/petdance/ack2/issues/399"},{"name":"[oss-security] 20131211 Re: CVE Request: ack-grep: potential remote code execution via per-project .ackrc files","refsource":"MLIST","url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q4/484"}]}}}},"cveMetadata":{"assignerOrgId":"79363d38-fa19-49d1-9214-5f28da3f3ac5","assignerShortName":"debian","cveId":"CVE-2013-7069","datePublished":"2013-12-14T17:00:00.000Z","dateReserved":"2013-12-11T00:00:00.000Z","dateUpdated":"2024-08-06T17:53:46.138Z","state":"PUBLISHED"},"dataType":"CVE_RECORD","dataVersion":"5.1"},"nvd":{"publishedDate":"2013-12-14 17:21:47","lastModifiedDate":"2026-04-29 01:13:23","problem_types":["CWE-94","n/a"],"metrics":{"cvssMetricV2":[{"source":"nvd@nist.gov","type":"Primary","cvssData":{"version":"2.0","vectorString":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P","baseScore":6.8,"accessVector":"NETWORK","accessComplexity":"MEDIUM","authentication":"NONE","confidentialityImpact":"PARTIAL","integrityImpact":"PARTIAL","availabilityImpact":"PARTIAL"},"baseSeverity":"MEDIUM","exploitabilityScore":8.6,"impactScore":6.4,"acInsufInfo":false,"obtainAllPrivilege":false,"obtainUserPrivilege":false,"obtainOtherPrivilege":false,"userInteractionRequired":true}]},"configurations":[{"nodes":[{"operator":"OR","negate":false,"cpeMatch":[{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"4B8AD979-4180-473C-983C-D8B796E53671"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"676A48D8-2100-451D-B9B5-9F39E46FA320"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"0523A30B-5AC2-409B-A2EF-36EC931DA175"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.05_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"E4E53D91-6DDA-42F6-B46C-FD1EC2DB6B57"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"35C905F3-AF84-423C-BFE2-E319293FE0A5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.08:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"9412BBE2-E307-4D4A-BD16-17948C67837D"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"859B32C3-A67C-4B06-BF75-ADC2FBDF0254"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"BC5DAC4A-57B7-420A-BE72-57E527F5DDE5"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.11_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"416D383F-359E-4696-80F6-8BD4080DCD05"},{"vulnerable":true,"criteria":"cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.11_02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*","matchCriteriaId":"D7705C2D-F59D-4398-A735-AEF0EEF1364E"}]}]}]},"legacy_mitre":{"record":{"CveYear":"2013","CveId":"7069","Ordinal":"1","Title":"CVE-2013-7069","CVE":"CVE-2013-7069","Year":"2013"},"notes":[{"CveYear":"2013","CveId":"7069","Ordinal":"1","NoteData":"ack 2.00 through 2.11_02 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a (1) --pager, (2) --regex, or (3) --output option in a .ackrc file in a directory to be searched.","Type":"Description","Title":"CVE-2013-7069"},{"CveYear":"2013","CveId":"7069","Ordinal":"2","NoteData":"2013-12-14","Type":"Other","Title":"Published"},{"CveYear":"2013","CveId":"7069","Ordinal":"3","NoteData":"2014-02-20","Type":"Other","Title":"Modified"}]}}}