# CVE-2013-10006: Ziftr primecoin bitcoinrpc.cpp HTTPAuthorized timing discrepancy

> An attacker can exploit timing discrepancies in HTTP authorization to potentially recover credentials, requiring a software upgrade to mitigate.

- **Severity:** Low 2.6 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 1 Jan 2023
- **Updated:** 10 Apr 2025
- **Also known as:** GHSA-qf78-7rgr-8jf5

## What is CVE-2013-10006?

CVE-2013-10006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ziftr primecoin, published on 1 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.

Weakness: CWE-203 (Observable Discrepancy), CWE-208 (Observable Timing Discrepancy)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-10006?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ziftrshop Primecoin.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-10006?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-10006 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-10006 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-10006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-10006 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-10006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ziftr primecoin, published on 1 Jan 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-10006 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ziftr primecoin. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10006/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10006/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-10006
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-10006
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-10006

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From sbomify Insights: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-10006/
Summaries are generated and may contain mistakes; the official description above is the record.