CVE-2019-13272

Exploitation

Exploited in the wild. Listed in the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog on 2021-12-10. Federal remediation due 2022-06-10.

SSVC decision

• ExploitationactiveCISA reports credible evidence of active exploitation.
• AutomatablenoAt least one step from reconnaissance to exploitation cannot be reliably automated.
• Technical ImpacttotalSuccessful exploitation gives total control of the vulnerable component.

CISA publishes the decision points, not a final SSVC decision. The decision also depends on mission and well-being impact, which is a property of your deployment rather than of the vulnerability.

EPSS probability

52.19% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 98.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2019-07-17 12:32Z7 YR AGO

Last updated

2025-10-21 23:45Z1 YR AGO

Reserved

2019-07-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

High (CVSS 7.8)

CNA CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

• CWE-271Privilege Dropping / Lowering ErrorsClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

ab3095eae5f3004656326a94958fca73d000a482990e684009b784f63d4e3954

• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153663/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Broken-Permission-Object-Lifetime-Handling.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• bugs.chromium.orghttps://bugs.chromium.org/p/project-zero/issues/detail?id=1903x_refsource_MISC
• cdn.kernel.orghttps://cdn.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v5.x/ChangeLog-5.1.17x_refsource_MISC
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41eex_refsource_MISC
• git.kernel.orghttps://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6994eefb0053799d2e07cd140df6c2ea106c41eex_refsource_MISC
• bugzilla.suse.comhttps://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1140671x_refsource_CONFIRM
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1730895x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2019-a95015e60fhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGRK5LYWBJ4E4SRI4DKX367NHYSI3VOH/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.debian.orgDSA-4484https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4484vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• seclists.org20190722 [SECURITY] [DSA 4484-1] linux security updatehttps://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/30mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• seclists.org20190722 [slackware-security] Slackware 14.2 kernel (SSA:2019-202-01)https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Jul/33mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190723 [SECURITY] [DLA 1862-1] linux security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00022.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20190723 [SECURITY] [DLA 1863-1] linux-4.9 security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/07/msg00023.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/153702/Slackware-Security-Advisory-Slackware-14.2-kernel-Updates.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190806-0001/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2405https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2405vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2411https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2411vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4093-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4093-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4094-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4094-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4095-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4095-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154245/Kernel-Live-Patch-Security-Notice-LSN-0054-1.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336x_refsource_CONFIRM
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4117-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4117-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• usn.ubuntu.comUSN-4118-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/4118-1/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• access.redhat.comRHSA-2019:2809https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2809vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• support.f5.comhttps://support.f5.com/csp/article/K91025336?utm_source=f5support&amp%3Butm_medium=RSSx_refsource_CONFIRM
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/154957/Linux-Polkit-pkexec-Helper-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/156929/Linux-PTRACE_TRACEME-Local-Root.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/165051/Linux-Kernel-5.1.x-PTRACE_TRACEME-pkexec-Local-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.cisa.govhttps://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog?field_cve=CVE-2019-13272government-resource