CVE-2016-1572 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-1572?

CVE-2016-1572 is a high-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 22 Jan 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official 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.

Weakness: CWE-269

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-1572?

It affects 6 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Ecryptfs Ecryptfs-Utils, Fedoraproject Fedora, Opensuse Leap, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2016-1572?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2016-1572 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-1572 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1572, DLA-397-1, DSA-3450-1, GHSA-v495-vr49-324q, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572, USN-2876-1.