What is CVE-2013-10006?

CVE-2013-10006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ziftr Primecoin, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2023-01-01.

How severe is CVE-2013-10006?

Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.

Is CVE-2013-10006 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Ziftr Primecoin

CVE-2013-10006

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Ziftr primecoin up to 0.8.4rc1. Affected by this vulnerability is the function HTTPAuthorized of the file src/bitcoinrpc.cpp. The manipulation of the argument strUserPass/strRPCUserColonPass leads to observable timing discrepancy. The complexity of an attack is rather high. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Upgrading to version 0.8.4rc2 is able to address this issue. The patch is named cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-217171.

Published 2023-01-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 2.6 (Low). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:A/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.007 (50.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 50th percentile — 50.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.007 · newest: 0.007 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Ziftr Primecoin — versions 0.8.4rc1
Ziftrshop Primecoin — versions 0.8.4

Weakness classification (CWE)

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

vuldb.com/ (Permissions Required, technical-description, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry)
vuldb.com/ (signature, Permissions Required, permissions-required, Third Party Advisory)
github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/commit/cdb3441b5cd2c1bae49fae671dc4a496f7c96322 (Patch, Third Party Advisory, patch)
github.com/Ziftr/primecoin/releases/tag/v0.8.4rc2 (Third Party Advisory, Release Notes, patch)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-10006?: CVE-2013-10006 is a low-severity vulnerability in Ziftr Primecoin, classified under CWE-208. CVSS score: 2.6/10. Published 2023-01-01.
How severe is CVE-2013-10006?: Low severity. CVSS v3 base score is 2.6 out of 10.
Is CVE-2013-10006 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.