UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1060

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2013-1060

    Published: 30 Jul 2013Last Modified: 4 Feb 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-1060
    Aliases:
    USN-1938-1
    USN-1939-1
    USN-1940-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-1060, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1938-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1940-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1943-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1939-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1942-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1944-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1945-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1946-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1941-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-1947-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1060

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: linux

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -3.11.0-12.19

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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