Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-10124

Title: Linuxcontainers Lxc

Other

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-10124.

CWE Category CWE-284

Published Date Jan 09, 2017

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 8.6 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.53%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-10124: An issue was discovered in Linux Containers (LXC) before 2016-02-22. When executing a program via lxc-attach, the nonpriv session can escape to the parent session by using the TIOCSTI ioctl to push characters into the terminal's input buffer, allowing an attacker to escape the container.

Impacted Vendors

linuxcontainers 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404 https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/12/15/5 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/09/03/5 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95404 https://github.com/lxc/lxc/commit/e986ea3dfa4a2957f71ae9bfaed406dd6e1ffff6 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201711-09

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

8.6

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

CHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.0

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

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

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-10124 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 20, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

January 09, 2017 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/A:N

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.