CVE-2013-1959
linux linux kernel: no CVSS score yet. EPSS 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not have appropriate capability requirements for the uid_map and gid_map files, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a file within an unprivileged process and then modifying the file within a privileged process.
- EPSS
- 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 69% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- linux:linux_kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6708075f104c3c9b04b23336bb0366ca30c3931b
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e3211c120a85b792978bcb4be7b2886df18d27f0
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25307
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1