CVE-2016-8659 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Bubblewrap versions prior to 0.1.3, where the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag is incorrectly set. This misconfiguration allows a local attacker to potentially gain elevated privileges by attaching to the Bubblewrap process, as demonstrated by sending commands to a PrivSep socket. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires low privileges, posing a significant risk to confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bubblewrap_project:bubblewrap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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