The clone system-call implementation in the Linux kernel before 3.8.3 does not properly handle a combination of the CLONE_NEWUSER and CLONE_FS flags, which allows local users to gain privileges by calling chroot and leveraging the sharing of the / directory between a parent process and a child process.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0
No CVSS v3.1
No CVSS v3.0
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.
Affected Vendors & Products
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References
History
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: redhat
Published: 2013-04-05T21:00:00Z
Updated: 2024-08-06T15:20:35.203Z
Reserved: 2013-02-19T00:00:00Z
Link: CVE-2013-1858

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Status : Modified
Published: 2013-04-05T21:55:00.917
Modified: 2024-11-21T01:50:32.123
Link: CVE-2013-1858
