CVE-2016-1572

· HIGHModified

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CVSS v3.1

8.4

EPSS

0.37%

Published

Jan 22, 2016

Modified

May 6, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit

All weaponized →

No public PoC or exploit code indexed for this CVE.

Links to public security research (Exploit-DB, Nuclei, Trickest, GitHub) for defensive use only.

Description

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.

CVSS Vector

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

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-269

Affected Products (12)

ecryptfs · ecryptfs-utils (up to 109)vulnerable

canonical · ubuntu_linuxvulnerable

opensuse · leapvulnerable

opensuse · opensusevulnerable

debian · debian_linuxvulnerable

fedoraproject · fedoravulnerable

References (20)

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450

PatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ecryptfs/ecryptfs/trunk/revision/870

PatchThird Party Advisory

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ecryptfs/+bug/1530566

Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177359.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-February/177396.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00091.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-01/msg00118.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-02/msg00004.html

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3450

PatchThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/20/6

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034791

Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2876-1

PatchThird Party Advisory

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