CVE-2013-7393
subversion: svnwcsub.py and irkerbridge.py are vulnerable to symlink attack
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 2.0
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Published · August 30, 2013
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
The daemonize.py module in Subversion 1.8.0 before 1.8.2 allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack on the pid file created for (1) svnwcsub.py or (2) irkerbridge.py when the --pidfile option is used. NOTE: this issue was SPLIT from CVE-2013-4262 based on different affected versions (ADT3).
Statement
Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the versions of subversion as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 or 6, as they did not ship the vulnerable versions of subversion.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 2.0 · 2.6AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
CWE not specified