8.6

CVE-2016-10124: linuxcontainers lxc Improper Access Control

CVSS: 8.6v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-10124USN-3375-1DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10124
Published 09-01-2017Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-10124 is a high (CVSS 8.6) Improper Access Control vulnerability in linuxcontainers lxc. EPSS estimates a 1.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 74.3% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
35/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
8.6/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
1.53%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Timeline

  1. 09-01-2017
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

1.53%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

74%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 1.53% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
1.53%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • lxc< 1:2.0.0-1
Linuxcontainers1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • lxc< 1.0.10-0ubuntu1.1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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