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CVE-2013-2930

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-2930 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the Linux kernel before version 3.12.2, specifically within the perf_trace_event_perm function. This flaw allows a local attacker to enable function tracing through a specially crafted application, potentially leading to information disclosure and limited integrity impact. Rated with a CVSS score of 3.6, it is considered low severity due to requiring local access and having low attack complexity. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.12.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc2:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc3:*:*:*:*:*:*
3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:linux:linux_kernel:3.0:rc4:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

3.6LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
47.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0066 is in the 83rd percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2Fixed in: kernel-rt-0:3.8.13-rt27.33.el6rt
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-2930Moderate

kernel: perf/ftrace: insufficient check in perf_trace_event_perm()

Dec 9, 2013

References

git.kernel.org
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2014-0100.html
github.com / torvalds/linux/commit/12ae030d54ef250706da5642fc7697cc60ad0df7
kernel.org / pub/linux/kernel/v3.x/ChangeLog-3.12.2
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2068-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2070-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2071-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2072-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2074-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2075-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2076-1
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2112-1