CVE-2017-16539

Aliases:GHSA-vfjc-2qcw-j95j
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 8
Modified
Published: 04 Nov 2017, 17:00
Last modified:27 Jan 2026, 20:39

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
low
24/100
CVSS Score
5.9 MEDIUM
v3.1 (cve.org)
EPSS Score
0.44% LOW
0% probability -0.33%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

04 Nov 2017, 17:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
27 Jan 2026, 20:39
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated

Description

The DefaultLinuxSpec function in oci/defaults.go in Docker Moby through 17.03.2-ce does not block /proc/scsi pathnames, which allows attackers to trigger data loss (when certain older Linux kernels are used) by leveraging Docker container access to write a "scsi remove-single-device" line to /proc/scsi/scsi, aka SCSI MICDROP.

CVSS Metrics

  • v3.1•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 4.3AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

EPSS Trends

Current EPSS score: 0.44%• Percentile: 64%

Techniques & Countermeasures

  • CWE-200•Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information.

Affected Systems

  • github.com/moby•moby

    < 17.12.0-ce

  • mobyproject•moby

    ≤ 17.03.2

References (8)