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CVE-2013-1976

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.9 EPSS 0.37%

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2013-07-09 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.9. It affects Linux.

CVE
CVE-2013-1976
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.9
EPSS
0.37%
Linux

Original NVD Description

The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.