What is CVE-2013-1809?

CVE-2013-1809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gambas3, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.

How severe is CVE-2013-1809?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gambas3

CVE-2013-1809

Gambas before 3.4.0 allows remote attackers to move or manipulate directory contents or perform symlink attacks due to the creation of insecure temporary directories.

Published 2019-11-07 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.020 (80.1th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 80th percentile — 80.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.020 · newest: 0.020 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Gambas3 — versions 3.4.0
Gambas Project
Debian Linux — versions 8.0, 9.0, 10.0

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-59 — Improper Link Resolution Before File Access

References

security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1809 (Third Party Advisory)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2013-1809 (Third Party Advisory, Not Applicable)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/03/03/4 (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
code.google.com/archive/p/gambas/issues/365 (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
sourceforge.net/p/gambas/code/5438/ (Patch, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1809?: CVE-2013-1809 is a high-severity vulnerability in Gambas3, classified under Improper Link Resolution Before File Access. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2019-11-07.
How severe is CVE-2013-1809?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.