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CVE-2013-7041

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CVE-2013-7041 describes a vulnerability in the pam_userdb module for Pam, where a case-insensitive password comparison method simplifies brute-force attacks against hashed passwords. With a CVSS score of 4.3 (medium severity), this vulnerability has a network attack vector and medium attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:cristian_gafton:pam_userdb:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.48%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
82.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0248 is in the 73rd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 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 (2)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-7041Low

pam: pam_userdb case insensitive password hash comparison

Dec 4, 2013

References

bugs.debian.org / cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
security.gentoo.org / glsa/201605-05
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/16
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2013/12/09/5
securityfocus.com / bid/64180
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2935-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2935-2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2935-3