CVE-2016-1572

Severity Score

8.4

*CVSS v3.1

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

mount.ecryptfs_private.c en eCryptfs-utils no valida el destino de montaje de los tipos de archivos de sistema, lo que permite a usuarios locales obtener privilegios mediante el montaje sobre un sistema de archivos no estándar, según lo demostrado por /proc/$pid.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-12 CVE Reserved
2016-01-20 CVE Published
2023-03-07 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-269: Improper Privilege Management

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6	Mailing List
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791	Broken Link

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450	2022-03-23
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1	2022-03-23
https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870	2022-03-23
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566	2022-03-23

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html	2022-03-23
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.html	2022-03-23
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html	2022-03-23
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html	2022-03-23
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.html	2022-03-23

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Ecryptfs Search vendor "Ecryptfs"		Ecryptfs-utils Search vendor "Ecryptfs" for product "Ecryptfs-utils"				< 109 Search vendor "Ecryptfs" for product "Ecryptfs-utils" and version " < 109"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				12.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "12.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				14.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "14.04"		esm		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				15.04 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.04"		-		Affected
Canonical Search vendor "Canonical"		Ubuntu Linux Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux"				15.10 Search vendor "Canonical" for product "Ubuntu Linux" and version "15.10"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Leap Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap"				42.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Leap" and version "42.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.2 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.2"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				7.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "7.0"		-		Affected
Debian Search vendor "Debian"		Debian Linux Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux"				8.0 Search vendor "Debian" for product "Debian Linux" and version "8.0"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				22 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "22"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				23 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "23"		-		Affected