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CVE-2013-2069

18
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2069 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat livecd-tools versions prior to 13.4.4, 17.17, 18.16, and 19.3. If a Kickstart file lacks a rootpw directive, the root user's password is set to empty, enabling local users to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.2, indicating high severity with local access, low attack complexity, and complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploits in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 13.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 17.0, < 17.17CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 18.0, < 18.16CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
>= 19.0, < 19.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:redhat:livecd-tools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 26th percentile among its peer group of 3,237 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
View patch
redhatvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: ec2-images
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: ec2-images
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform 6Fixed in: distribution
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Storage 2Fixed in: ami

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2069Important

livecd-tools: improper handling of passwords

May 23, 2013

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0849.html
Vendor Advisory
aws.amazon.com / security/security-bulletins/red-hat-and-other-third-party-public-amis-security-concern
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingVendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/84488
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/23/2
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/60119
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry