CVE-2013-6418

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.8)—

PyWBEM 0.7 and earlier uses a separate connection to validate X.509 certificates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof a peer via an arbitrary certificate.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Base score: 5.8

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 1.79%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 78
Score date: 10/6/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Pywbem Project — Pywbem

CWEs

CWE-20

References

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