CVE-2015-3627

HighCVSS 7.2/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 7.2/10AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: May 18, 2015
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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