# CVE-2013-3273: Information disclosure in n/a

> Local attackers can read trace logs to obtain cleartext administrative passwords, leading to privilege escalation.

- **Severity:** Low 2.1 (`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/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:** 8 Jul 2013
- **Updated:** 16 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-r4jx-qmgg-9fw3

## What is CVE-2013-3273?

CVE-2013-3273 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

EMC RSA Authentication Manager 8.0 before P2 and 7.1 before SP4 P26, as used in Appliance 3.0, does not omit the cleartext administrative password from trace logging in custom SDK applications, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading the trace log file.

Weakness: CWE-255

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3273?

It affects 2 products.


Products: Emc Rsa Authentication Manager, Rsa Authentication Manager.

## How do I fix CVE-2013-3273?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3273 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2013-3273 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-3273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2019-3768](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3768/): XML external entity in RSA Authentication Manager (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-11073](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11073/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-1253](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1253/): Stored cross-site scripting vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2012-2279](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2279/): Open redirect in n/a (medium 6.4)
- [CVE-2018-11074](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11074/): DSA-2018-152: RSA® Authentication Manager Multiple Vulnerabilities (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-3273 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2013-3273 is a low-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jul 2013. 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-2013-3273 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. 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-2013-3273/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-3273/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-3273
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3273
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-3273

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