CVE-2016-8649 describes a critical vulnerability in LXC versions prior to 1.0.9 and 2.0.6, where an unprivileged container can leverage an inherited file descriptor to gain unauthorized access to the host's filesystem. With a CVSS score of 9.1 (CRITICAL), this flaw allows an attacker to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts on the host system. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 1.0.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 2.0.0, < 2.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.