CVE-2013-6282
The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain…
- 8.8HighCVSS base score
- 39.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.4% of all CVEs
- YesKnown exploitedin CISA's KEV since 15 Sept 2022
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The (1) get_user and (2) put_user API functions in the Linux kernel before 3.5.5 on the v6k and v7 ARM platforms do not validate certain addresses, which allows attackers to read or modify the contents of arbitrary kernel memory locations via a crafted application, as exploited in the wild against Android devices in October and November 2013.
Exploited in the wild
CISA lists this vulnerability in its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog as Linux Kernel Improper Input Validation Vulnerability.
- Added
- 15 Sept 2022
- Fix due (US federal)
- 6 Oct 2022
- Used by ransomware
- Not known
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ENISA's EU Vulnerability Database lists it as exploited, from CISA's KEV, since 15 Sept 2022.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit. CISA's SSVC rates its exploitation: it is being exploited.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- Android get_user/put_user Exploit (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/android/local/put_user_vrootRank excellentdisclosed 6 Sept 2013
Exploit-DB2 entries
- Google Android - get_user/put_user (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 40975local, androidpublished 29 Dec 2016Verified
- Linux Kernel < 3.4.5 (Android 4.2.2/4.4 ARM) - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 31574local, armpublished 11 Feb 2014Not verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 40975 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 25 days later
· 25 days later
Published
- 9 years later
· 9 years later
Added to CISA KEV
Known exploited in the wild
- 3 years later
· 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| CISA-ADPADP (enrichment) | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
| NVDNVD · Analyzed | 3.1 | High8.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 39.7% · top 1.4% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
- CISA SSVC
- Exploitation: active · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 8.8.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
9
- http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.5.5 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 40975 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- http://www.codeaurora.org/projects/security-advisories/missing-access-checks-putusergetuser-kernel-api-cve-2013-6282 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 63734 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20131114 CVE-2013-6282 - linux kernel: missing access checks in get_user/put_user on ARM (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/8404663f81d212918ff85f493649a7991209fa04 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-2067-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2013-6282 (opens in a new tab)government-resource
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)
- CISA KEV catalog (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2013-6110 (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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