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CVE-2013-1959

N/A

Published: May 3, 2013 at 10:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:52 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorLinux Kernel

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 1%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Linux Kernel · Linux

95%

v ≤ 3.8.83.0 rc1 3.0 rc2 3.0 rc3 3.0 rc4 3.0 rc5 3.0 rc6 3.0 rc7 3.0.1 3.0.10 3.0.11 3.0.12 3.0.13 3.0.14 3.0.15 3.0.16 3.0.17 3.0.18 3.0.19 3.0.2 3.0.20 3.0.21 3.0.22 3.0.23 3.0.24 3.0.25 3.0.26 3.0.27 3.0.28 3.0.29 3.0.3 3.0.30 3.0.31 3.0.32 3.0.33 3.0.34 3.0.35 3.0.36 3.0.37 3.0.38 3.0.39 3.0.4 3.0.40 3.0.41 3.0.42 3.0.43 3.0.44 3.0.45 3.0.46 3.0.47 3.0.48 3.0.49 3.0.5 3.0.50 3.0.51 3.0.52 3.0.53 3.0.54 3.0.55 3.0.56 3.0.57 3.0.58 3.0.59 3.0.6 3.0.60 3.0.61 3.0.62 3.0.63 3.0.64 3.0.65 3.0.66 3.0.67 3.0.68 3.0.7 3.0.8 3.0.9 3.1 3.1 rc1 3.1 rc2 3.1 rc3 3.1 rc4 3.1.1 3.1.10 3.1.2 3.1.3 3.1.4 3.1.5 3.1.6 3.1.7 3.1.8 3.1.9 3.2 3.2 rc2 3.2 rc3 3.2 rc4 3.2 rc5 3.2 rc6 3.2 rc7 3.2.1 3.2.10 3.2.11 3.2.12 3.2.13 3.2.14 3.2.15 3.2.16 3.2.17 3.2.18 3.2.19 3.2.2 3.2.20 3.2.21 3.2.22 3.2.23 3.2.24 3.2.25 3.2.26 3.2.27 3.2.28 3.2.29 3.2.3 3.2.30 3.2.4 3.2.5 3.2.6 3.2.7 3.2.8 3.2.9 3.3 3.3 rc1 3.3 rc2 3.3 rc3 3.3 rc4 3.3 rc5 3.3 rc6 3.3 rc7 3.3.1 3.3.2 3.3.3 3.3.4 3.3.5 3.3.6 3.3.7 3.3.8 3.4 3.4 rc1 3.4 rc2 3.4 rc3 3.4 rc4 3.4 rc5 3.4 rc6 3.4 rc7 3.4.1 3.4.10 3.4.11 3.4.12 3.4.13 3.4.14 3.4.15 3.4.16 3.4.17 3.4.18 3.4.19 3.4.2 3.4.20 3.4.21 3.4.22 3.4.23 3.4.24 3.4.25 3.4.26 3.4.27 3.4.28 3.4.29 3.4.3 3.4.30 3.4.31 3.4.32 3.4.4 3.4.5 3.4.6 3.4.7 3.4.8 3.4.9 3.5.1 3.5.2 3.5.3 3.5.4 3.5.5 3.5.6 3.5.7 3.6 3.6.1 3.6.10 3.6.11 3.6.2 3.6.3 3.6.4 3.6.5 3.6.6 3.6.7 3.6.8 3.6.9 3.7 3.7.1 3.7.10 3.7.2 3.7.3 3.7.4 3.7.5 3.7.6 3.7.7 3.7.8 3.7.9 3.8.0 3.8.1 3.8.2 3.8.3 3.8.4 3.8.5 3.8.6 3.8.7

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (7)

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=6708075f104c3c9b04b23336bb0366ca30c3931b

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e3211c120a85b792978bcb4be7b2886df18d27f0

Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB

Source: [email protected]

http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/25307

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.9

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTExploit

Source: [email protected]

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6708075f104c3c9b04b23336bb0366ca30c3931b

x_refsource_CONFIRM

Source: [email protected]

https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e3211c120a85b792978bcb4be7b2886df18d27f0

CVSS

3.7LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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