CVE-2013-3368

low
Published 2013-08-23 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3

Description

bin/rt in Request Tracker (RT) 3.8.x before 3.8.17 and 4.0.x before 4.0.13 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with predictable name.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-3368

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/53522

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/53505

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000228.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000227.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.bestpractical.com/pipermail/rt-announce/2013-May/000226.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed4.0.12-2
debian debianbullseyefixed4.0.12-2

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
bestpracticalrt4.0.0
bestpracticalrt4.0.1
bestpracticalrt4.0.2
bestpracticalrt4.0.3
bestpracticalrt4.0.4
bestpracticalrt4.0.5
bestpracticalrt4.0.6
bestpracticalrt4.0.7
bestpracticalrt4.0.8
bestpracticalrt4.0.9
bestpracticalrt4.0.10
bestpracticalrt4.0.11
bestpracticalrt4.0.12
bestpracticalrt3.8.0
bestpracticalrt3.8.1
bestpracticalrt3.8.2
bestpracticalrt3.8.3
bestpracticalrt3.8.4
bestpracticalrt3.8.5
bestpracticalrt3.8.6
bestpracticalrt3.8.7
bestpracticalrt3.8.8
bestpracticalrt3.8.9
bestpracticalrt3.8.10
bestpracticalrt3.8.11
bestpracticalrt3.8.12
bestpracticalrt3.8.13
bestpracticalrt3.8.14
bestpracticalrt3.8.15
bestpracticalrt3.8.16

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.