CVE-2013-4300
HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 7.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (37th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2013-4194)
- Published
- September 25, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2013-4194 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
- linux / linux kernel
References
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e(Broken Link)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/09/05/3(Exploit, Mailing List, Patch)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1995-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1998-1(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1004736(Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch)
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d661684cf6820331feae71146c35da83d794467e(Exploit, Patch)
- https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/patch-3.11.bz2(Patch)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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