CVE-2013-1959
- Source
- https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1959
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2013-1959.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2013-1959
- Downstream
- Published
- 2013-05-03T11:57:45Z
- Modified
- 2026-04-10T03:42:45.350808Z
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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kernel/usernamespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not have appropriate capability requirements for the uidmap 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.
- References
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- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6708075f104c3c9b04b23336bb0366ca30c3931b
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/e3211c120a85b792978bcb4be7b2886df18d27f0
- 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