Description
Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.
Published: 2015-05-18
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-1002 Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T05:47:57.723Z

Reserved: 2015-04-30T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2015-3627

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2015-05-18T15:59:14.930

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2015-3627

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2015-05-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2015-3627 - Bugzilla

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