Medium severity · published Jun 9, 2016
CVE-2016-1582
LXD before 2.0.2 does not properly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode, which allows local users to access arbitrary world readable paths…
5.5
CVSS
0.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
LXD before 2.0.2 does not properly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode, which allows local users to access arbitrary world readable paths in the container directory via unspecified vectors.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.3% · higher than 28% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
LX
Lxd · Canonical
2.0.1 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
15.10; 16.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1582
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1582
www.ubuntu.com
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2988-1
Vendor Advisory
https://linuxcontainers.org/lxd/news/
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