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CVE-2013-2007

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2007 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in the Qemu guest agent (versions 1.4.1 and earlier), specifically when used by Xen and operating in daemon mode. The agent uses weak file permissions, allowing local users to read and write to sensitive files. With a CVSS score of 6.9, this vulnerability has a local attack vector, medium attack complexity, and high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or Metasploit/Nuclei modules, though it has garnered some community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:qemu:qemu:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.9MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.38%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
30.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0037 is in the 46th percentile among its peer group of 1,595 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 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

gogspatch availablevia llm_extracted
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: qemu-kvm-2:0.12.1.2-2.355.el6_4.5
View patch
redhatno patchvia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extended Update Support 6.4Fixed in: qemu-kvm

Vendor Advisories (2)

redhatCVE-2013-2007Moderate

qemu: guest agent creates files with insecure permissions in deamon mode

May 6, 2013
gogsllm-gogs-85971bc82f444306

qemu guest agent (qga) insecure file permissions

May 6, 2013

References

git.qemu.org
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-07/msg00057.html
osvdb.org / 93032
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0791.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2013-0896.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
secunia.com / advisories/53325
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/84047
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/05/06/5
securityfocus.com / bid/59675
securitytracker.com / id/1028521