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CVE-2016-2853
The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain…
High7.8EPSS 0.91%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The aufs module for the Linux kernel 3.x and 4.x does not properly restrict the mount namespace, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting an aufs filesystem on top of a FUSE filesystem, and then executing a crafted setuid program.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 57 days later
· 57 days later
Published
- 8 years later
· 8 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | High7.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.91% · top 40% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- 96839 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.halfdog.net/Security/2016/AufsPrivilegeEscalationInUserNamespaces/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160224 Aufs Union Filesystem Privilege Escalation In User Namespaces (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [aufs] 20160219 aufs3 and aufs4 GIT release (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20211018 Re: CVE-2021-3847: OverlayFS - Potential Privilege Escalation using overlays copy_up (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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