CVE-2016-8649

Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 5
Modified
Published: 01 May 2017, 06:08
Last modified:06 Aug 2024, 02:27

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
2.15% LOW
2% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 May 2017, 06:08
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
06 Aug 2024, 02:27
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

lxc-attach in LXC before 1.0.9 and 2.x before 2.0.6 allows an attacker inside of an unprivileged container to use an inherited file descriptor, of the host's /proc, to access the rest of the host's filesystem via the openat() family of syscalls.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.0•CRITICAL•Score: 9.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • v2.0•HIGH•Score: 9AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 2.15%• Percentile: 85%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-264•Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

    Weaknesses in this category are related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features that are used to perform access control.

Affected Systems

  • linuxcontainers•lxc

    < 1.0.9 | ≥ 2.0.0, < 2.0.6

References (6)