CVE-2016-9962

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container

published January 31, 2017

CVSS
—
EPSS
0%
Percentile
34.3
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.00412 · 34.3th percentile
Published
2017-01-31T22:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 31 JAN 22:00Z
    RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container
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