CVE-2013-4480

high

Published 2013-11-18 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

Red Hat Satellite 5.6 and earlier does not disable the web interface that is used to create the first user for a satellite, which allows remote attackers to create administrator accounts.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
redhat	network_satellite	`{"endIncluding":"5.6"}`
redhat	satellite	`{"endIncluding":"5.6"}`
redhat	satellite_with_embedded_oracle	`5.2`
redhat	satellite_with_embedded_oracle	`5.3`
redhat	satellite_with_embedded_oracle	`5.4`
redhat	satellite_with_embedded_oracle	`5.5`
suse	manager	`1.7`

References

CWEs

CWE-668

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.