CVE-2016-8649

Published May 1, 2017

Last updated 6 years ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 3.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9.1
Impact score
6
Exploitability score
2.3
Vector string
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
CRITICAL

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
9
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-264

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations