CVE-2013-6795

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2013-12-24 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The Updater in Rackspace Openstack Windows Guest Agent for XenServer before 1.2.6.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted serialized .NET object to TCP port 1984, which triggers the download and extraction of a ZIP file that overwrites the Agent service binary.

Affected products

Rackspace Openstack Windows Guest Agent: through 1.2.5.0

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0122.html
http://blog.cloudpassage.com/2013/11/18/cve-2013-6795-vulnerability-rackspace-windows-agent-updater/
http://osvdb.org/100191
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124153/Rackspace-Windows-Agent-Updater-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55775
https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/commit/ef16f88f20254b8083e361f11707da25f8482401
https://github.com/rackerlabs/openstack-guest-agents-windows-xenserver/releases/tag/1.2.6.0
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-11/0122.html
http://blog.cloudpassage.com/2013/11/18/cve-2013-6795-vulnerability-rackspace-windows-agent-updater/
http://osvdb.org/100191
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124153/Rackspace-Windows-Agent-Updater-Arbitrary-Code-Execution.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/55775

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