{"cve":"CVE-2015-3627","nvd":{"published":"2015-05-18T15:59:14.930","modified":"2026-06-17T00:26:00.147","status":"Modified","description":"Libcontainer and Docker Engine before 1.6.1 opens the file-descriptor passed to the pid-1 process before performing the chroot, which allows local users to gain privileges via a symlink attack in an image.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-59"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html","http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html","http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28","https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ","http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-05/msg00023.html"],"products":["docker:docker","docker:libcontainer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:36:40.444340523+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2015-3627","score":0.00609,"percentile":0.49143,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[{"id":"GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-g7v2-2qxx-wjrw","summary":"Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine","modified":"2026-09-10T03:49:12.179435015Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/docker","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/docker","ranges":["<1.6.1"],"fixed":["1.6.1"]}]},{"id":"GO-2022-0649","url":"https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GO-2022-0649","summary":"Symlink Attack in Libcontainer and Docker Engine in github.com/docker/docker","modified":"2026-02-04T03:56:01.995777Z","packages":[{"ecosystem":"Go","name":"github.com/docker/docker","purl":"pkg:golang/github.com/docker/docker","ranges":["<1.6.1"],"fixed":["1.6.1"]}]}],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}