CVE-2013-6617 describes a critical privilege escalation vulnerability in SaltStack Salt versions 0.11.0 through 0.17.0, where the salt master fails to properly drop group privileges. This flaw carries a CVSS score of 10.0, indicating a severe risk with network-based attacks, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.12.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.13.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.13.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.14.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
0.15.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:saltstack:salt:0.15.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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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.