Vulnerability Report

CVE-2013-6394

Title: Percona Xtrabackup Cryptographic Failures

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2013-6394.

CWE Category CWE-310

Published Date Dec 13, 2013

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 2.1 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.06%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2013-6394: Percona XtraBackup before 2.1.6 uses a constant string for the initialization vector (IV), which makes it easier for local users to defeat cryptographic protection mechanisms and conduct plaintext attacks.

Impacted Vendors

percona 1

Reference Links

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00044.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/11 http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/2.1/release-notes/2.1/2.1.6.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-12/msg00052.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00044.html http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/11/26/11 http://www.percona.com/doc/percona-xtrabackup/2.1/release-notes/2.1/2.1.6.html

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity LOW

2.1

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2013-6394 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 13, 2013 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.