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.
Published: 2017-05-01
Score: 9.1 Critical
EPSS: 2.2% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9488 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.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3136-1 LXC vulnerability
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Linuxcontainers Lxc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:27:41.373Z

Reserved: 2016-10-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-8649

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-05-01T06:59:00.157

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-8649

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