CVE-2008-2544

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Mounting /proc filesystem via chroot command silently mounts it in read-write mode. The user could bypass the chroot environment and gain write access to files, he would never have otherwise.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-668

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 27, 2021
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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