High severity · published Jun 3, 2016
CVE-2016-3096
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a…
7.8
CVSS
0.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.5% · higher than 41% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AN
Ansible · Redhat
through 1.9.6; 2.0; 2.0.1 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23; 24 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3096
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-3096
Third Party Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183103.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183132.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183252.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-April/183274.html
Vendor Advisory
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-May/184175.html
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1322925
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