CVE-2013-4482 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing a malicious .egg-info file in the working directory of the paster service.
- 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
What is CVE-2013-4482?
CVE-2013-4482 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 23 Nov 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Untrusted search path vulnerability in python-paste-script (aka paster) in Luci 0.26.0, when started using the initscript, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse .egg-info file in the (1) current working directory or (2) its parent directories.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4482?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Scientificlinux Luci.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4482?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2013-4482 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4482 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-f585-5p5j-mvf8.