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CVE-2015-3627 Moderate

CVE-2015-3627

Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

Exploit probability 0.6%
Published May 18, 2015
Required by Not available
Last source change April 10, 2026

02 / AFFECTED SOFTWARE

Affected packages

Go github.com/docker/docker
Go github.com/docker/docker

03 / CONNECTIONS

Connected vulnerabilities

04 / EVIDENCE

Source records

Open Source Vulnerabilities CVE-2015-3627

Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GO-2022-0649

Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine in github.com/docker/docker

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Open Source Vulnerabilities GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw

Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.

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05 / REFERENCES

Further evidence