DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8649

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CVE-2016-8649
Published: 01 May 2017, 06:59
Last modified:28 Apr 2026, 20:15

Vulnerability Summary

Overall Risk (default)
high
70/100
CVSS Score
9.1 CRITICAL
3.0 (osv_debian)
EPSS Score
No data
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected

Timeline

01 May 2017, 06:59
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
28 Apr 2026, 20:15
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

Affected Systems

  • debian•lxc

    < 1:2.0.6-1 | < 1:2.0.6-1 | < 1:2.0.6-1 | < 1:2.0.6-1

References (1)