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CVE-2013-1764

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-1764 describes a vulnerability in the Zypper backend of PackageKit versions prior to 0.8.8, allowing local users to downgrade packages through the "install updates" method. This is a low-severity issue with a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector, low complexity, and a potential impact of partial integrity loss. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.8.7CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.8.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:packagekit_project:packagekit:0.8.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0038 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-1764Low

PackageKit: downgrade packages when using the Zypper backend

Jul 30, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00026.html
bugs.freedesktop.org / show_bug.cgi
Patch
bugzilla.novell.com / show_bug.cgi
gitorious.org / packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425
gitorious.org / packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/02/25/20