CVE-2013-2069

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Red Hat livecd-tools before 13.4.4, 17.x before 17.17, 18.x before 18.16, and 19.x before 19.3, when a rootpw directive is not set in a Kickstart file, sets the root user password to empty, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
May 29, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2013-2069: High severity, CVSS 7.2 | Vulnix