vzctl before 4.9.4 determines the virtual environment (VE) layout based on the presence of root.hdd/DiskDescriptor.xml in the VE private directory, which allows local simfs container (CT) root users to change the root password for arbitrary ploop containers, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the ploop container root.hdd file and then access a control panel.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2015-09-28T20:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:34.589Z

Reserved: 2015-09-14T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2015-6927

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-09-28T20:59:09.017

Modified: 2017-07-01T01:29:20.093

Link: CVE-2015-6927

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