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CVE-2013-5493

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-5493 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the diagnostic module of Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 firmware. An authenticated local attacker could exploit this flaw to bypass access restrictions and execute arbitrary commands. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is of medium severity, allowing for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if exploited. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:h:cisco:virtualization_experience_client_6000:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:cisco:virtualization_experience_client_6000_series_firmware:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
SINGLE
Exploitability Score
3.1
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.3%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 15,932 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Vendor Patches (1)

ciscovendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

osvdb.org / 97239
tools.cisco.com / security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5493
Vendor Advisory
tools.cisco.com / security/center/viewAlert.x
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id/1029032