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CVE-2008-0163

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.4 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-02-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

Description

Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.

Affected products

• Linux kernel: 2.6.0

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27798
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40486
• http://secunia.com/advisories/28875
• http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1494
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27704
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27798
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/40486

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