CVE-2013-1979

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 03 May 2013, 10:00
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 15:20

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
medium
28/100
CVSS Score
6.9 MEDIUM
v2.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.05% LOW
0% probability +0.01%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

03 May 2013, 10:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 15:20
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The scm_set_cred function in include/net/scm.h in the Linux kernel before 3.8.11 uses incorrect uid and gid values during credentials passing, which allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted application.

CVSS Metrics

  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.05%• Percentile: 17%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linux•linux_kernel

    ≤ 3.8.10 | 3.8.0 | 3.8.1 | 3.8.2 | 3.8.3 | 3.8.4 | 3.8.5 | 3.8.6 | 3.8.7 | 3.8.8 | 3.8.9

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