VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2013-1060

medium
Published 2013-09-25 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
—
CVSS v2
6.9
VIR risk
6.9

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: security@ubuntu.com — http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1060.html

OS impact
OSVersionStatusFixed in
ubuntu ubuntu10.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu12.10affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.04affected
ubuntu ubuntu13.10affected

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.