CVE-2013-6181
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
EMC Watch4Net before 6.3 stores cleartext polled-device passwords in the installation repository, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging repository privileges.
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.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0140.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124585/EMC-Watch4net-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64517
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029535
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-12/0140.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/124585/EMC-Watch4net-Information-Disclosure.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64517
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1029535
CWEs
CWE-310
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.