5.5

CVE-2016-1581: canonical lxd Improper Access Control

CVSS: 5.5v3.0MediumModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2016-1581
Published 09-06-2016Last modified 05-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2016-1581 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) Improper Access Control vulnerability in canonical lxd. EPSS estimates a 0.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 21.5% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
22/100
0100
Low · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
5.5/10
010
Medium · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
0.30%
0%100%
Low · 0.00 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1 · Related 1
USN-2988-1

Timeline

  1. 09-06-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 05-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

LXD before 2.0.2 uses world-readable permissions for /var/lib/lxd/zfs.img when setting up a loop based ZFS pool, which allows local users to copy and read data from arbitrary containers via unspecified vectors.

CVSS metrics

3 scores · 2 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

0.30%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

22%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

0.00 pp

From 0.30% on 18-09-2026

18-09-202618-10-2026
EPSS score
0.30%

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

Canonical2 products
Ubuntu1 product
  • lxd< 2.0.2-0ubuntu1~16.04.1

2 vendors · 3 products

References

5 links