Is CVE-2013-4419 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4419 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4419?

CVE-2013-4419 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 6.8 (MEDIUM).

CVE-2013-4419

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 0.8%EU EUVD

The guestfish command in libguestfs 1.20.12, 1.22.7, and earlier, when using the --remote or --listen option, does not properly check the ownership of /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ when creating a temporary socket file in this directory, which allows local users to write to the socket and execute arbitrary commands by creating /tmp/.guestfish-$UID/ in advance.

Key facts

CVSS score: 6.8 (v2.0)
Severity: MEDIUM
CVSS vector: AV:A/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE): CWE-264
EPSS score: 0.8% (55th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-4296)
Published: November 5, 2013
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4296 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

libguestfs / libguestfs
novell / suse linux enterprise server
suse / suse linux enterprise software development kit

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-11/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1536.html(Third Party Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/55813(Third Party Advisory)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1016960(Patch, Third Party Advisory)
https://www.redhat.com/archives/libguestfs/2013-October/msg00031.html(Third Party Advisory)

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

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