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veracodeVeracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:4126
HistoryMay 03, 2017 - 6:50 a.m.

Privilege Escalation

2017-05-0306:50:10
Veracode Vulnerability Database
sca.analysiscenter.veracode.com
7

0.0004 Low

EPSS

Percentile

5.1%

github.com/opencontainers/runc is vulnerable to privilege escalation attacks. These attacks are possible because github.com/opencontainers/runc treats a numeric UID as a potential username. This allows local users to gain privileges though a numeric username in the password file. This transitively affects Docker.