Vulnerability Report

CVE-2015-1344

Title: Canonical Lxcfs Auth Bypass

Auth Bypass

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2015-1344.

CWE Category CWE-264

Published Date Dec 07, 2015

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.2 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.37%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2015-1344: The do_write_pids function in lxcfs.c in LXCFS before 0.12 does not properly check permissions, which allows local users to gain privileges by writing a pid to the tasks file.

Impacted Vendors

canonical 1

Reference Links

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854 https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2813-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxcfs/+bug/1512854 https://github.com/lxc/lxcfs/commit/8ee2a503e102b1a43ec4d83113dc275ab20a869a

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.2

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2015-1344 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

June 17, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 07, 2015 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.