CVE-2013-0261
highA flaw was found in PackStack.
Vendor / product: Openstack — essex
A flaw was found in PackStack. A local user could exploit a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in the `/tmp` directory. This vulnerability allows the local user to overwrite arbitrary files on the system, potentially leading to system compromise or data corruption.
CVSS
8.8
8.8 (CVSS v3.1)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Severity source: NVD CVSS v3.1 (secalert@redhat.com)
Timeline (UTC)
Published: 2013-03-08 21:55
Modified: 2026-10-30 19:17
NVD status: Modified
Last synced 17 hours ago
Verified against the source API 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC
Exploitation
Not listed in CISA KEV (as of last catalog sync)
Absence from KEV does not mean a CVE is not exploited. Exploitation status: unknown (no authoritative evidence in our sources).
Affected products
openstack / essex all versions
openstack / folsom all versions
Weakness classification (CWE)
Source: NVD / CISA. “NVD-CWE-Other” and “NVD-CWE-noinfo” mean NVD could not assign a specific weakness.
Mitigation & advisories
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0595.html
Vendor advisory: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0595.html
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0595.html secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013:0595 secalert@redhat.com
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0261 secalert@redhat.com
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908101 secalert@redhat.com
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0595.html af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908101 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Data sources
NVD CVE API 2.0 — fetched 2026-10-30 19:20 UTC · record ↗