CVE-2016-1572 (GCVE-0-2016-1572)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-01-22 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:02
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
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.
Severity
8.4 (High)
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
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| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
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| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST |
| http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-0… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE |
| http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN |
| https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/t… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-… | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA |
Date Public
2016-01-20 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.
Sightings
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Nomenclature
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vulnerability by the CIRCL/vulnerability-attack-technique-classification-roberta-base
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They have not been verified by an analyst and are provided for guidance only.
The approach is described in our paper Mapping CVEs to MITRE ATT&CK Techniques: A Curated Gold-Set Classifier and the Limits of LLM-Assisted Label Expansion.
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