{"cve":"CVE-2017-5985","nvd":{"published":"2017-03-14T17:59:00.183","modified":"2026-06-17T01:21:34.100","status":"Modified","description":"lxc-user-nic in Linux Containers (LXC) allows local users with a lxc-usernet allocation to create network interfaces on the host and choose the name of those interfaces by leveraging lack of netns ownership check.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":{"version":"3.0","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N","score":3.3},"cwes":["CWE-862"],"references":["http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-05/msg00073.html","http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/03/09/4","http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96777","http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3224-1","https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lxc/+bug/1654676"],"products":["linuxcontainers:lxc"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T20:41:54.846948762+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2017-5985","score":0.00337,"percentile":0.27184,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"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."]}