Lxd
CVE-2016-1582
MEDIUM
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A01:2025 - Broken Access Control
ASVS 5.0
V14 - Data Protection Data exposure prevention
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Collection, Discovery The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 5.5 (MEDIUM). Attack characteristics: local attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. EPSS exploitation probability: 0.04%. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A local attacker with access to the system could access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
LXD before 2.0.2 does not properly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode, which allows local users to access arbitrary world readable paths in the container. Rated medium severity (CVSS 5.5), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Minimize information in error messages, implement proper access controls, encrypt sensitive data at rest and in transit.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Exposure of Sensitive Information (CWE-200), which allows attackers to access sensitive data that should not be disclosed. LXD before 2.0.2 does not properly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode, which allows local users to access arbitrary world readable paths in the container directory via unspecified vectors. Affected products include: Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Canonical Lxd. Version information: before 2.0.2.
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Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionCVE.org
LXD before 2.0.2 does not properly set permissions when switching an unprivileged container into privileged mode, which allows local users to access arbitrary world readable paths in the container directory via unspecified vectors.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.
Affected Products (CPE)CVE.org
Cross-site request forgery in the LXD-UI component of Canonical LXD 5.0 before 5.0.5, 5.1 before 5.21.4, and 6.0 before
Privilege escalation in Canonical LXD's operations API (LXD before 6.5 and LXD 5.21 before 5.21.4) allows an authenticat
Authenticated remote attackers with access to the Canonical LXD instance log retrieval or deletion endpoints can read ar
Server-side template injection in Canonical LXD's instance snapshot naming feature lets an authenticated user who can mo
Unauthenticated project enumeration in Canonical LXD 5.21.x before 5.21.4 and 6.x before 6.5 lets remote attackers deter
Unauthenticated remote attackers can confirm the existence of LXD projects on Canonical LXD by comparing HTTP status cod
Privilege escalation to host root in Canonical LXD occurs when the container manager unpacks crafted image or backup arc
Host root code execution in Canonical LXD arises from a path-traversal flaw in instance template processing, letting an
Improper certificate validation in the HTTPS API listener of Canonical LXD lets an unauthenticated remote attacker prese
Arbitrary host file read and write in Canonical LXD occurs because the image import/unpack routine does not verify wheth
Canonical LXD's NVIDIA GPU passthrough configuration handler fails to sanitize newline characters in user-supplied `nvid
Path traversal in Canonical's LXD container and VM manager allows a user with backup import/restore privileges to write
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