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CVE-2013-5493

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2013-09-13 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

The diagnostic module in the firmware on Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 devices allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions and execute arbitrary commands via unspecified vectors, aka Bug ID CSCug68407.

Affected products

• Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000: all versions
• Cisco Virtualization Experience Client 6000 Series Firmware: all versions

References

• http://osvdb.org/97239
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5493
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30777
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029032
• http://osvdb.org/97239
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/content/CiscoSecurityNotice/CVE-2013-5493
• http://tools.cisco.com/security/center/viewAlert.x?alertId=30777
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029032

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