CVE-2013-6444
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName…
- 5.8MediumCVSS base score
- 1.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 35% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier does not verify that the server hostname matches a domain name in the subject's Common Name (CN) or subjectAltName field of the X.509 certificate, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof SSL servers via an arbitrary valid certificate.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 6 months later
· 6 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 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.1% · top 35% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIpywbemGHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1044246 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [pywbem-devel] 20131216 TOCTOU issue (time of check, time of use) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131219 Re: CVE already assigned for 1026891? (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinapr2016-2952098.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 64544 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://sourceforge.net/p/pywbem/code/627/ (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-2014-0095 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-gh2c-6m38-c78j (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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