CVE-2013-4277

Severity: low (CVSS 3.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-09-16 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Svnserve in Apache Subversion 1.4.0 through 1.7.12 and 1.8.0 through 1.8.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files or kill arbitrary processes via a symlink attack on the file specified by the --pid-file option.

Affected products

Apache Software Foundation Apache Subversion: 1.4.0, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5 (+48)

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00054.html
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62266
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86972
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18554
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00031.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-09/msg00054.html
http://subversion.apache.org/security/CVE-2013-4277-advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/62266
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86972
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A18554

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