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CVE-2013-1764
The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 0.38%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 67% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
The Zypper (aka zypp) backend in PackageKit before 0.8.8 allows local users to downgrade packages via the "install updates" method.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 14 months later
· 14 months later
Published
- 10 years later
· 10 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Low2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.38% · top 67% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Low 2.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- [oss-security] 20130225 Re: CVE Request: PackageKit"update" allows downgrade of packages when using the "zypp" backend (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/source/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=61231 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0889 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=804983 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://gitorious.org/packagekit/packagekit/commit/d3d14631042237bcfe6fb30a60e59bb6d94af425 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1790 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-1764)Record last updated .