CVE-2016-8659
Bubblewrap before 0.1.3 sets the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag, which might allow local users to gain privileges by attaching to the process, as demonstrated by sending commands to a PrivSep socket.
02 Description
Bubblewrap before 0.1.3 sets the PR_SET_DUMPABLE flag, which might allow local users to gain privileges by attaching to the process, as demonstrated by sending commands to a PrivSep socket.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 33.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.0 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-13 18:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-10-13
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 91e450cac56eb865bd2f8337f087bce4a924ff54d112dc877aeb4a2183a3b6a8
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161013 Re: bubblewrap LPEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/13/4
- github.comhttps://github.com/projectatomic/bubblewrap/issues/107
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161012 bubblewrap LPEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/5
- www.securityfocus.com93542http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93542
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- bubblewrap Fixed in 0.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- bubblewrap Fixed in 0.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- bubblewrap Fixed in 0.1.2-2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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