CVE-2014-3499: Privilege Escalation in Docker

July 11, 2014 (updated February 15, 2022)

Docker uses world-readable and world-writable permissions on the management socket, which allows local users to gain privileges via unspecified vectors.

References

bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1111687
github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxj3-qwv4-cvfm
github.com/docker/docker/commit/707ef9618b3b26a0534a0af732a22f159eccfaa5
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3499
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0820.html
web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2014-3499

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