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CVE-2013-6441

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2013-6441 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in LXC before version 1.0.0.beta2, specifically within the lxc-sshd template. The flaw allows local users to gain root privileges by exploiting read-write permissions on the /sbin/init file during container setup. With a CVSS score of 7.2, this vulnerability is considered high severity due to its local attack vector and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or significant community discussion has been identified.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 0.9.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:0.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:0.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.2.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:0.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
0.3.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:0.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.2HIGH

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
39.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0050 is in the 60th percentile among its peer group of 3,236 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.5 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (1)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2013-6441Moderate

lxc: sshd template allow privilege escalation on host

Dec 16, 2013

References

bugs.launchpad.net / ubuntu/%2Bsource/lxc/%2Bbug/1261045
github.com / dotcloud/lxc/pull/1
github.com / lxc/lxc/commit/f4d5cc8e1f39d132b61e110674528cac727ae0e2
ExploitPatch
ubuntu.com / usn/USN-2104-1