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CVE-2015-3630

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2015-05-18 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

Docker Engine before 1.6.1 uses weak permissions for (1) /proc/asound, (2) /proc/timer_stats, (3) /proc/latency_stats, and (4) /proc/fs, which allows local users to modify the host, obtain sensitive information, and perform protocol downgrade attacks via a crafted image.

Affected products

• Docker Engine: through 1.6

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
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74566
• 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
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131835/Docker-Privilege-Escalation-Information-Disclosure.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/May/28
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/74566
• https://groups.google.com/forum/#%21searchin/docker-user/1.6.1/docker-user/47GZrihtr-4/nwgeOOFLexIJ

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