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CVE-2016-8649

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Published: May 1, 2017Modified: May 13, 2026

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9.1
Vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploitability: 2.3 / Impact: 6.0
Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Linuxcontainers: Lxc
Lxc
Configuration A
2 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Linuxcontainers
Before 1.0.9
From 2.0.0 to 2.0.6

Related CWEs

References (12)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party Advisory
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Issue TrackingPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
PatchVendor Advisory
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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