CVE-2016-8649
Estado: ModificadaCrítica (9.1)—
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
- Versión: 3.0
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
- Puntuación base: 9.1
Probabilidad de explotación (EPSS)
- Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días: 2.81%
- Percentil entre todas las CVEs puntuadas: 86
- Fecha de la puntuación: 6/10/2026
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, de FIRST) estima la probabilidad de que una vulnerabilidad sea explotada en 30 días. Complementa a CVSS (impacto) y a CISA KEV (explotación confirmada).
Tecnologías afectadas (1)
CWE
- CWE-264
Referencias
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94498
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=845465
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1639345
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1398242
- https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/81f466d05f2a89cb4f122ef7f593ff3f279b165c
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8649
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