CVE-2015-1344

Summary

CVECVE-2015-1344
StatePUBLISHED
Assignercanonical
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-12-07 20:59:01 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Canonical Lxcfs All All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.04 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 15.10 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
USN-2813-1: LXCFS vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
Implement privilege check when moving tasks · lxc/lxcfs@8ee2a50 · GitHub af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 github.com
Bug #1512854 “Lack of privilege checking in do_write_pids” : Bugs : lxcfs package : Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.launchpad.net
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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