5.5med
CVE-2008-2544
Mounting /proc filesystem via chroot command silently mounts it in read-write mode.
Published 5 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
5.5
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 23%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Mounting /proc filesystem via chroot command silently mounts it in read-write mode. The user could bypass the chroot environment and gain write access to files, he would never have otherwise.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.30% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 23% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.1 | 5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 2.1 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-668 Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
- Technology feeds
- Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=213135 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-2544
- NVD: CVE-2008-2544
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