CVE-2015-1331

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-1331
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-08-12 14:59:03 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionlxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 4.9 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Complete
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Linuxcontainers Lxc All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 service.ait.ac.at
CVE-2015-1331: lxclock: use /run/lxc/lock rather than /run/lock/lxc · lxc/lxc@72cf81f · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3317-1 lxc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1481-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
openSUSE-SU-2015:1315-1: moderate: Security update for lxc af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
USN-2675-1: LXC vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
LXC CVE-2015-1331 Local Directory Traversal Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Bug #1470842 “lxc tools lock handling vulnerable to symlink atta...” : Bugs : lxc package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net Exploit
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