{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572","details":"mount.ecryptfs_private.c in eCryptfs-utils does not validate mount destination filesystem types, which allows local users to gain privileges by mounting over a nonstandard filesystem, as demonstrated by /proc/$pid.","modified":"2026-04-22T10:53:30.975841Z","published":"2016-01-20T15:00:00Z","related":["USN-2876-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1572"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1572"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2876-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1572"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"ecryptfs-utils","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/ecryptfs-utils@104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4"}]}],"versions":["103-0ubuntu2","104-0ubuntu1","104-0ubuntu1.14.04.3"],"ecosystem_specific":{"availability":"No subscription required","binaries":[{"binary_name":"ecryptfs-utils","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4"},{"binary_name":"libecryptfs0","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4"},{"binary_name":"python-ecryptfs","binary_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}