CVE-2016-2853

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

0.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 59.4% 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 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-03-06

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-269Improper Privilege ManagementClass
• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

9919d6f5c7fe9e7b7b1917569c1e9e869f16351d39552bd1c0635a9e912d7d8f

• www.securityfocus.com96839http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96839vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.halfdog.nethttp://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/AufsPrivilegeEscalationInUserNamespaces/x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160224 Aufs Union Filesystem Privilege Escalation In User Namespaceshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• sourceforge.net[aufs] 20160219 aufs3 and aufs4 GIT releasehttps://sourceforge.net/p/aufs/mailman/message/34864744/mailing-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