Is CVE-2013-4169 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4169 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4169?

CVE-2013-4169 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.9 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-4169

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

GNOME Display Manager (gdm) before 2.21.1 allows local users to change permissions of arbitrary directories via a symlink attack on /tmp/.X11-unix/.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.9 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.4% (31th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-4094)
Published: September 10, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4094 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 16, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

gnome / gnome display manager
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References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1213.html(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/54661(Vendor Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=988498(Patch)

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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