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Vulnerability details: VCID-qu99-ca7p-aaac
Vulnerability ID VCID-qu99-ca7p-aaac
Aliases CVE-2016-3697
GHSA-q3j5-32m5-58c2
Summary libcontainer/user/user.go in runC before 0.1.0, as used in Docker before 1.11.2, improperly treats a numeric UID as a potential username, which allows local users to gain privileges via a numeric username in the password file in a container.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 4.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management
System Score Found at
generic_textual Medium http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3697.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
generic_textual HIGH http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
generic_textual HIGH http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1034
rhas Moderate https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2634
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329450
generic_textual Medium https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3697
cvssv2 5.1 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
cvssv3.1 3.6 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
generic_textual LOW https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
generic_textual HIGH https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
generic_textual HIGH https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
cvssv2 2.1 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0070
generic_textual HIGH https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0070
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
generic_textual HIGH https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
generic_textual HIGH https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
cvssv3.1 7.8 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28
generic_textual HIGH https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28
Reference id Reference type URL
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-3697.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-3697.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-3697
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3697
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0070
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28
1329450 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329450
cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:docker:docker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:linuxfoundation:runc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-3697 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
RHSA-2016:1034 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1034
RHSA-2016:2634 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2634
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/docker/docker/issues/21436
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N Found at https://github.com/opencontainers/runc
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/commit/69af385de62ea68e2e608335cffbb0f4aa3db091
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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/pull/708
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/opencontainers/runc/releases/tag/v0.1.0
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00111.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

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multiple

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none

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complete

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3697
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2021-0070
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1034.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2634.html
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201612-28
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05128
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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