CVE-2013-6765 EXPLOIT
7.5
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 7.3% (pctl 94)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
OpenVAS Manager 3.0 before 3.0.7 and 4.0 before 4.0.4 allows remote attackers to bypass the OMP authentication restrictions and execute OMP commands via a crafted OMP request for version information, which causes the state to be set to CLIENT_AUTHENTIC, as demonstrated by the omp_xml_handle_end_element function in omp.c.
Scoring
| CVSS | 7.5 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 7.27% — more likely to be exploited than 94% of all CVEs |
| Weakness | CWE-287 |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2014-05-19 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-17 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| openvas | openvas manager |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | OpenVAS Manager 4.0 - Authentication Bypass | 2014-07-10 |
References
- http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-announce/2013-November/000157.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20131108.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/10/2
- http://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-announce/2013-November/000157.html
- http://www.openvas.org/OVSA20131108.html
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/10/2
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