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medium 5.8

CVE-2013-7085 json

Uscan in devscripts 2.13.5, when USCAN_EXCLUSION is enabled, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a whitespace character i…

published 12y ago modified 4mo ago also EUVD-2013-6872

cvss
5.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.5%
EPSS 2.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 84%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Uscan in devscripts 2.13.5, when USCAN_EXCLUSION is enabled, allows remote attackers to delete arbitrary files via a whitespace character in a filename.

Patch / fix

  • devscripts Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.13.9

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2013-7085

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red hat product security vex CVE-2013-7085 updated cvss 4.0

devscripts: broken handling of filenames with whitespace in uscan

  • Red Hat All currently supported Red Hat products
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

2.46% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 84% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • bugs.debian.org http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=732006 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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