CVE-2016-1572

high

Published 2016-01-22 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

8.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

8.4

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

80%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
23	Affected	—
22	Affected	—

SUSE Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
42.1	Affected	—
13.2	Affected	—
13.1	Affected	—
—	Affected	—

Ubuntu Affected 4 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
15.10	Affected	—
15.04	Affected	—
14.04	Affected	—
12.04	Affected	—

Debian Mixed 7 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`106-2`
sid	Fixed	`106-2`
forky	Fixed	`106-2`
bullseye	Fixed	`106-2`
bookworm	Fixed	`106-2`
8.0	Affected	—
7.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
ecryptfs	ecryptfs-utils	`{"endExcluding":"109"}`	`109`

References

CWEs

CWE-269

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.