Is CVE-2013-4969 being actively exploited?

CVE-2013-4969 is not currently listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog.

What is the CVSS score for CVE-2013-4969?

CVE-2013-4969 has a CVSS 2.0 base score of 2.1 (LOW).

CVE-2013-4969

LOW · CVSS 2.1EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD

Puppet before 3.3.3 and 3.4 before 3.4.1 and Puppet Enterprise (PE) before 2.8.4 and 3.1 before 3.1.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on unspecified files.

Key facts

CVSS score: 2.1 (v2.0)
Severity: LOW
CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weakness (CWE): CWE-59
EPSS score: 0.4% (37th percentile)
In CISA KEV: No
In EU EUVD: Yes (EUVD-2013-4813)
Published: January 7, 2014
NVD last modified: June 16, 2026
Status: Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4813 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
canonical / ubuntu linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
debian / debian linux
puppet / puppet enterprise
puppetlabs / puppet

References

http://puppetlabs.com/security/cve/cve-2013-4969(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56253(Vendor Advisory)
http://secunia.com/advisories/56254(Vendor Advisory)
http://www.debian.org/security/2013/dsa-2831(Third Party Advisory)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2077-1(Third Party Advisory)

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

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