CVE-2016-3096: fedoraproject fedora
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-3096 is a high (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability in fedoraproject fedora. EPSS estimates a 0.47% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 40.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Not severe (CVSS 7.8, local access); no exploitation reported by the 5 checked sources
Source freshness unavailable
How is this decided?Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 6 · Related 6Timeline
- 03-06-2016PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
CVSS metrics
6 scores · 4 sources · 3 versions- OSV · PypiEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · UbuntuEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- OSV · DebianEcosystem advisory · calculated7.8HighCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS trend
Probability
0.47%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
41%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
No change 0.00 pp
From 0.47% on 04-10-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogs
CISA KEVNot in the CISA KEV catalog.
ENISA CNWNot in the ENISA CNW catalog.
CIRCLNot in the CIRCL catalog.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Known conditions: local access, low-privilege account, no user interaction (CVSS vector). Other conditions: not stated in public data.
Debian1 product
- ansible< 2.0.1.0-2
Fedoraproject1 product
- fedoraEOL22 | 23 | 24
Mageia1 product
- ansible< 1.9.6-1.mga5
PyPI1 product
- ansible≥ 2.0.0.0, < 2.0.2.0 | < 1.9.6.1 | < 2.0.2.0
Redhat1 product
- ansible≤ 1.9.6 | 2.0 | 2.0.1
Ubuntu1 product
- ansible< 2.0.0.2-2ubuntu1.3
6 vendors · 6 products
References
28 links- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4X Refsource CONFIRMPatchWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAWEB
- lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.htmlVendor AdvisoryX Refsource FEDORAThird Party AdvisoryWEB
Show all 28 references
- github.com/ansible/ansiblePACKAGE
- sources.debian.net/src/…REPORT
