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CVE-2013-4277

12
FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-4277 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Apache Subversion versions 1.4.0 through 1.7.12 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.1. An attacker can exploit a symlink attack on the --pid-file option in svnserve to overwrite arbitrary files or terminate processes. With a CVSS score of 3.3 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P), this vulnerability requires local access and medium attack complexity, leading to partial integrity and availability impacts. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.4.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.4.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:apache:subversion:1.4.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.3LOW

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

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.4
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.69%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
49.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0069 is in the 92nd percentile among its peer group of 747 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, 0.0 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 (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: subversion
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: subversion

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-4277Low

subversion: svnserve is vulnerable to symlink attack

Aug 30, 2013

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00031.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00054.html
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/86972
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18554
subversion.apache.org / security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt
Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/62266