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CVE-2013-2162

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2162 describes a race condition in the MySQL Server 5.5 post-installation script on Debian and Ubuntu Linux. This flaw temporarily creates a world-readable configuration file, allowing local users to access sensitive information like credentials. With a CVSS score of 1.9, it is considered low severity due to requiring local access and medium attack complexity, with the primary impact being information disclosure. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
10.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
12.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:-:lts:*:*:*:*:*
12.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
13.04CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:13.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

1.9LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.35%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
27.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0035 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 747 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

Vendor Patches (1)

ubuntuvendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
Exploit
seclists.org / oss-sec/2013/q2/528
secunia.com / advisories/54300
Vendor Advisory
ubuntu.com / usn/usn-1909-1
Vendor Advisory
debian.org / security/2013/dsa-2818
securityfocus.com / bid/60424