CVSS2
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
Percentile
26.0%
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.
OS | Version | Architecture | Package | Version | Filename |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Debian | 12 | all | linux | < 3.8.11-1 | linux_3.8.11-1_all.deb |
Debian | 11 | all | linux | < 3.8.11-1 | linux_3.8.11-1_all.deb |
Debian | 999 | all | linux | < 3.8.11-1 | linux_3.8.11-1_all.deb |
Debian | 13 | all | linux | < 3.8.11-1 | linux_3.8.11-1_all.deb |