CVE-2015-1335

lxc-start in lxc before 1.0.8 and 1.1.x before 1.1.4 allows local container administrators to escape AppArmor confinement via a symlink attack on a (1) mount target or (2) bind mount source.

Published: 2015-10-01 Last update: 2026-05-06 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2015-1335 is rated Low Risk (36.5/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.06%). Mandatory action: Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2015-1335

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2023-03-07 1.55% 0.06% -1.48%
2 2022-02-04 1.55%

Full EPSS history (2 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2015-1335

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2015-1335

OS Trackers for CVE-2015-1335

vendor priority summary link
debian not yet assigned CVE-2015-1335 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (lxc), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2015-1335
ubuntu medium CVE-2015-1335 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (lxc), 8 status rows across 8 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, vivid, wily, xenial, yakkety, zesty): not-affected 4, released 3, ignored 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2015-1335

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2015-1335

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
linuxcontainers lxc <= 1.0.7 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxcontainers lxc 1.1.0 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxcontainers lxc 1.1.1 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxcontainers lxc 1.1.2 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
linuxcontainers lxc 1.1.3 cpe:2.3:a:linuxcontainers:lxc:1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 14.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*
canonical ubuntu_linux 15.04 cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:15.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2015-1335

URL Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/170045.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171358.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-November/171364.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-10/msg00023.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3400
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/29/4
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76894
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2753-1
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1476662
https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/592fd47a6245508b79fe6ac819fe6d3b2c1289be
https://lists.linuxcontainers.org/pipermail/lxc-devel/2015-September/012434.html Patch Vendor Advisory
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