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CVSSv2

CVE-2016-1572

Published: 22/01/2016 Updated: 23/03/2022
CVSS v2 Base Score: 4.6 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 3.9
CVSS v3 Base Score: 8.4 | Impact Score: 5.9 | Exploitability Score: 2.5
VMScore: 409
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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Vulnerability Summary

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.

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Vendor Advisories

Ubuntu Security Notice: ecryptfs-utils vulnerability
mountecryptfs_private could be used to run programs as an administrator ...
Debian Security Advisories: DSA-3450-1 ecryptfs-utils -- security update
Jann Horn discovered that the setuid-root mountecryptfs_private helper in the ecryptfs-utils would mount over any target directory that the user owns, including a directory in procfs A local attacker could use this flaw to escalate his privileges For the oldstable distribution (wheezy), this problem has been fixed in version 99-1+deb7u1 For the ...
Red Hat: CVE-2016-1572
mountecryptfs_privatec in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid ...

References

CWE-269http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.htmlhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.htmlhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.htmlhttp://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791https://usn.ubuntu.com/2876-1/https://nvd.nist.gov
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