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CVE-2013-7069

22
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-7069 describes a remote code execution vulnerability affecting beyondgrep ack versions 2.00 through 2.11_02. Attackers can leverage specially crafted .ackrc files containing malicious --pager, --regex, or --output options within a searched directory to execute arbitrary code. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise. 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
2.00CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.02CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.05_01CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.05_01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.06CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:beyondgrep:ack:2.06:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.10%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
86.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0310 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2014-01/msg00094.html
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q4/484
secunia.com / advisories/55982
Vendor Advisory
github.com / petdance/ack2/issues/399
securityfocus.com / bid/64196