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CVE-2013-0268

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Date: February 17, 2013

The msr_open function in arch/x86/kernel/msr.c in the Linux kernel before 3.7.6 allows local users to bypass intended capability restrictions by executing a crafted application as root, as demonstrated by msr32.c.

Language: C

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Related Resources (11)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/02/07/12
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.7.6
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=908693
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2013-0268
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-04/msg00018.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0268
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00018.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0268
https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/c903f0456bc69176912dee6dd25c6a66ee1aed00
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-0268

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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