VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2008-2544

CVSS score5.5 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.31%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2021-05-27
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Description

Mounting /proc filesystem via chroot command silently mounts it in read-write mode. The user could bypass the chroot environment and gain write access to files, he would never have otherwise.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-668: Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Primary references