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high 8.4

CVE-2016-1572 json

mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privilege…

published 2016-01-22 10 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2667

cvss
8.4
version 3.1, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 30%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • ecryptfs ecryptfs-utils 109
  • ecryptfs-utils Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 106-2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1572

  • ecryptfs-utils Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

  • ecryptfs-utils SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES for SAP 11 SP3, SLES 11 SP4 +4 more 61-1.35.1
  • ecryptfs-utils SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 103-7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:0290-1SUSE-SU-2016:0241-1

  • ecryptfs-utils openSUSE Tumbleweed 108-2.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10118-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-1572 updated cvss 6.0

ecryptfs-utils: privilege escalation by mounting over /proc/$pid

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 ecryptfs-utils Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 ecryptfs-utils, ecryptfs-utils-python
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 30% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.1 8.4 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-269 Improper Privilege Management

References

Sources

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