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High severity8.4NVD Advisory· Published Jan 22, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-1572

CVE-2016-1572

Description

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.

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