CVE-2016-3697
Privilege escalation in github.com/opencontainers/runc
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.07%
Description
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.
How to fix CVE-2016-3697
To remediate CVE-2016-3697, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 0.1.0+dfsg-1 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.0 or later
- —upgrade to 0.1.0 or later
Is CVE-2016-3697 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.1%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 0.1.0+dfsg-1
- from 0, < 0.1.0
- from 0, < 0.1.0
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |