7.2
HIGH
CVE-2015-3627
Libcontainer and Docker Engine Race-Condition Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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.

INFO

Published Date :

May 18, 2015, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 7, 2023, 2:25 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

No

Impact Score :

10.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2015-3627 has a 2 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2015-3627 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Docker docker
2 Docker libcontainer
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Python Dockerfile

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
0 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : June 25, 2021, 11:20 p.m. This repo has been linked 2 different CVEs too.

docker vulnerability analysis

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Updated: 3 months, 3 weeks ago
50 stars 5 fork 5 watcher
Born at : Oct. 23, 2015, 1:59 p.m. This repo has been linked 21 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2015-3627 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2015-3627 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 13, 2018

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 20, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Removed Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#!searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ
    Added Reference https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:1.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) *cpe:2.3:a:docker:libcontainer:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:docker:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
    Added CWE CWE-59
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 19, 2015

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2015-3627 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.04 }} 0.00%

score

0.05635

percentile

CVSS2 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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