Back
CVE-2008-0163
Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.
Medium4.4EPSS 0.30%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Linux kernel 2.6, when using vservers, allows local users to access resources of other vservers via a symlink attack in /proc.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.4 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.30% · top 77% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (5)
- DSA-1494 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 28875 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 27798 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- linux-kernel-proc-unauth-access(40486) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 27704 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .