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HistoryJan 20, 2016 - 12:00 a.m.

eCryptfs vulnerability

2016-01-2000:00:00
ubuntu.com
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8.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

48.9%

Releases

  • Ubuntu 15.10
  • Ubuntu 15.04
  • Ubuntu 14.04 ESM
  • Ubuntu 12.04

Packages

  • ecryptfs-utils - eCryptfs cryptographic filesystem utilities

Details

Jann Horn discovered that mount.ecryptfs_private would mount over certain
directories in the proc filesystem. A local attacker could use this to escalate
their privileges. (CVE-2016-1572)

8.3 High

AI Score

Confidence

High

0.001 Low

EPSS

Percentile

48.9%