CVE-2013-1060 (GCVE-0-2013-1060)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-09-25 10:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 14:49
VLAI
Summary
A certain Ubuntu build procedure for perf, as distributed in the Linux kernel packages in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, 12.04 LTS, 12.10, 13.04, and 13.10, sets the HOME environment variable to the ~buildd directory and consequently reads the system configuration file from the ~buildd directory, which allows local users to gain privileges by leveraging control over the buildd account.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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Date Public
2013-07-31 00:00
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