kernel/user_namespace.c in the Linux kernel before 3.8.9 does not have appropriate capability requirements for the uid_map and gid_map files, which allows local users to gain privileges by opening a file within an unprivileged process and then modifying the file within a privileged process.
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/04/29/1
- https://github.com/HaxorSecInfec/autoroot.sh
- https://github.com/JlSakuya/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Exploits
- https://github.com/a-roshbaik/Linux-Privilege-Escalation-Exploits
- https://github.com/vlain1337/auto-lpe