CVE detail
CVE-2019-13272 — Linux Kernel Improper Privilege Management Vulnerability
Published 2021-12-10 · Modified 2021-12-10 · Source kev
HIGH
severity
CVSS-derived band
0.5220
EPSS probability
exploitation probability, 30d
99.0%
EPSS percentile
percentile vs all CVEs
LISTED
CISA KEV
due 2022-06-10
⚠ Actively exploited in the wild — CISA KEV listed 2021-12-10, federal remediation due 2022-06-10.
Description
Kernel/ptrace.c in Linux kernel mishandles contains an improper privilege management vulnerability that allows local users to obtain root access.
Remediation
No vendor-published fix data in our corpus for this CVE. Check the references below or the vendor's PSIRT / security advisories page.
References