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CVE-2015-1331

Date: August 12, 2015

lxclock.c in LXC 1.1.2 and earlier allows local users to create arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /run/lock/lxc/*.

Language: C

Severity Score

6.2

Related Resources (12)

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75999

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2015-1331

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-07/msg00066.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1331

Url: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1470842

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1331

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3317

Url: https://service.ait.ac.at/security/2015/LxcSecurityAnalysis.html

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2675-1

Url: https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/72cf81f6a3404e35028567db2c99a90406e9c6e6

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1331

Severity Score

6.2

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	6.2
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.9
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	NONE
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