VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2015-1340

CVSS score7 HIGH
EPSS probability0.90%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2019-04-22
Last modified2026-06-17
CVSS vectorCVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

Description

LXD before version 0.19-0ubuntu5 doUidshiftIntoContainer() has an unsafe Chmod() call that races against the stat in the Filepath.Walk() function. A symbolic link created in that window could cause any file on the system to have any mode of the attacker's choice.

Weakness classification

  • CWE-362: Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Primary references