CVE-2016-1575

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.92% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 60.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-05-02 10:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:02Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-12

Assigning CNA

canonical

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

8246cbb7be957e9d186a15f1af682044625fa5e33c7838b947cf62a85dae6b5c

• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=e9f57ebcba563e0cd532926cab83c92bb4d79360x_refsource_MISC
• people.canonical.comhttp://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-1575.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
• launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1534961x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.halfdog.nethttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/UserNamespaceOverlayfsXattrSetgidPrivilegeEscalation/x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160224 User Namespaces Overlayfs Xattr Setgid Privilege Escalation: Overlayfshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/7mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20211018 Re: CVE-2021-3847: OverlayFS - Potential Privilege Escalation using overlays copy_uphttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/10/18/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST