What is CVE-2013-1815?

CVE-2013-1815 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse), classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2013-04-10.

How severe is CVE-2013-1815?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse)

CVE-2013-1815

A flaw was found in PackStack. This vulnerability allows a local user to modify deployed systems by changing the answer file, which is created in insecure directories such as /tmp or the current working directory. This insecure file creation could lead to unauthorized system modifications.

Published 2013-04-10 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.1 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:L.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (36.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 37th percentile — 36.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: -0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0671.html (Vendor Advisory)
access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1815 (vdb-entry)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit)
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/83017

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-1815?: CVE-2013-1815 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 5 (Icehouse), classified under Creation of Temporary File in Directory with Insecure Permissions. CVSS score: 6.1/10. Published 2013-04-10.
How severe is CVE-2013-1815?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.1 out of 10.