CVE-2016-1572
HIGH8.4EPSS 0.05%ecryptfs-utils - security update
Published: 1/22/2016Modified: 4/28/2026
Description
mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.
Affected packages (3)
- Debian/ecryptfs-utilsfrom 0, < 106-2
- Debian/ecryptfs-utilsfrom 0, < 83-4+squeeze2
- Debian/ecryptfs-utilsfrom 0, < 99-1+deb7u1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH8.4 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |