6.8 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
High
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
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.
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html
packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html
seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28
groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ