{"id":"USN-2876-1","summary":"ecryptfs-utils vulnerability","details":"Jann Horn discovered that mount.ecryptfs_private would mount over certain\ndirectories in the proc filesystem. A local attacker could use this to escalate\ntheir privileges. (CVE-2016-1572)\n","modified":"2026-04-22T09:21:00.264373Z","published":"2016-01-20T15:22:10Z","related":["UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1572","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1572"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2876-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/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_version":"104-0ubuntu1.14.04.4","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"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-2876-1.json","cves_map":{"cves":[{"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"}],"id":"CVE-2016-1572"}],"ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS"}}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}