VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2013-1959

CVSS score3.7 LOW
EPSS probability1.24%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2013-05-03
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

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