CVE-2013-6480
Libcloud 0.12.3 through 0.13.2 does not set the scrub_data parameter for the destroy DigitalOcean API, which allows local users to obtain…
- 2.1LowCVSS base score
- 2.1%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 19% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Libcloud 0.12.3 through 0.13.2 does not set the scrub_data parameter for the destroy DigitalOcean API, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging a new VM.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
Show the exploits1
Exploit-DB1 entry
- Apache Libcloud Digital Ocean API - Local Information Disclosure (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 38937local, linuxpublished 1 Jan 2014Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.1% · top 19% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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
Affected packages
From reviewed advisories of the GitHub Advisory Database.
- PyPIapache-libcloudGHSA-g892-9h8m-r69r (opens in a new tab)
References
6
- 64617 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://libcloud.apache.org/security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20140101 [CVE-2013-6480] Libcloud doesn't send scrub_data query parameter when destroying a DigitalOcean node (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- https://digitalocean.com/blog_posts/transparency-regarding-data-security (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2014:0198 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/fog/fog/issues/2525 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_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-2014-0003 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-g892-9h8m-r69r (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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