Arbitrary Code Execution Affecting ansible package, versions [1.9.5,1.9.6) [2,2.0.2.0)
Snyk CVSS
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.04% (9th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ANSIBLE-40389
- published 8 Apr 2016
- disclosed 8 Apr 2016
- credit Unknown
Overview
ansible
is a Radically simple IT automation
The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.