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CVE-2013-1979
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…
- 6.9MediumCVSS base score
- 0.42%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 64% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 2 months later
· 2 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.42% · top 64% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.9.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1187 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-6537 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=955629 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- MDVSA-2013:176 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1316 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2013-6999 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20130428 Multiple Linux setuid output redirection vulnerabilities (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2014:1319 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:1971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=83f1b4ba917db5dc5a061a44b3403ddb6e783494 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2013:1182 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.8.11 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-1967 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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