9.3
CVSSv2

CVE-2014-9922

Published: 04/04/2017 Updated: 11/07/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 9.3 | Impact Score: 10 | Exploitability Score: 8.6
CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.8 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 1.8
VMScore: 829
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Summary

The eCryptfs subsystem in the Linux kernel prior to 3.18 allows local users to gain privileges via a large filesystem stack that includes an overlayfs layer, related to fs/ecryptfs/main.c and fs/overlayfs/super.c.

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Vendor Advisories

A flaw was discovered in the way the kernel allows stackable filesystems to overlay A local attacker who is able to mount filesystems can abuse this flaw to escalate privileges ...