CVE-2013-4300

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

Publication date:

25/09/2013

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The scm_check_creds function in net/core/scm.c in the Linux kernel before 3.11 performs a capability check in an incorrect namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges via PID spoofing.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.20 HIGH
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

7.20

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel::::::::	3.8.6 (including)	3.9 (excluding)
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc1::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc2::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc3::::::
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.9:rc4::::::

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CVE-2013-4300

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

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