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CVE-2015-3629

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-3629 describes a critical vulnerability in Libcontainer 1.6.0, affecting Docker Engine and openSUSE distributions. This flaw allows a local attacker to escape containerization and write to arbitrary files on the host system through a symlink attack during container respawning. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:docker:libcontainer:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:docker:*:*
13.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

7.8HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.60%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
45.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0060 is in the 84th percentile among its peer group of 16,985 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.2 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

gopatch availablevia ghsa
Product: github.com/docker/dockerFixed in: 1.6.1
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ExtrasFixed in: docker-0:1.6.2-14.el7
View patch

Vendor Advisories (2)

goGHSA-g44j-7vp3-68cvhigh

Arbitrary File Write in Libcontainer

Feb 15, 2022
redhatCVE-2015-3629Moderate

docker: symlink traversal on container respawn allows local privilege escalation

May 7, 2015

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
packetstormsecurity.com / files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
seclists.org / fulldisclosure/2015/May/28
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
groups.google.com / forum
Permissions Required
securityfocus.com / bid/74558
Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry