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Vigil@nce - Linux kernel: privilege escalation via AUFS
April 2016 by Vigil@nce
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SYNTHESIS OF THE VULNERABILITY
A local attacker can bypass the security of AUFS on the Linux
kernel, in order to escalate his privileges.
Impacted products: Linux.
Severity: 2/4.
Creation date: 24/02/2016.
DESCRIPTION OF THE VULNERABILITY
The AUFS filesystem can be installed on the Linux kernel.
However, a local attacker can use two errors of AUFS, to gain root
privileges.
A local attacker can therefore bypass the security of AUFS on the
Linux kernel, in order to escalate his privileges.
ACCESS TO THE COMPLETE VIGIL@NCE BULLETIN
https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/Linux-kernel-privilege-escalation-via-AUFS-19014
