8.6
HIGH
CVE-2016-10124
Linux Containers LXC Terminal Input Buffer Escalation
Description

An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.

INFO

Published Date :

Jan. 9, 2017, 8:59 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:43 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

4.0

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2016-10124 has a 1 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-2016-10124 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 Linuxcontainers lxc

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).

:ninja: seccomp-based anti-TTY-hijacking proof-of-concept (prevents TIOCSTI and TIOCLINUX)

ioctl linux security tioclinux tiocsti seccomp seccomp-filter seccomp-filtering seccomp-tools command-injection libseccomp tty c99 syscalls syscall-filter doas sudo

Makefile C

Updated: 1 month, 3 weeks ago
10 stars 0 fork 0 watcher
Born at : March 14, 2023, 7:12 p.m. This repo has been linked 20 different CVEs too.

Results are limited to the first 15 repositories due to potential performance issues.

The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-10124 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-10124 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 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404
    Added Reference https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

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

    Nov. 13, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 02, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5 [No Types Assigned]
    Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5 [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Jan. 18, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404 [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jan. 10, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 No Types Assigned https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking, Patch
    Added CWE CWE-284
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:2.0.0:rc1:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
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.
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Exploit Prediction

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

0.21 }} -0.00%

score

0.59007

percentile

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