vzctl before 4.9.4 determines the virtual environment (VE) layout based on the presence of root.hdd/DiskDescriptor.xml in the VE private directory, which allows local simfs container (CT) root users to change the root password for arbitrary ploop containers, as demonstrated by a symlink attack on the ploop container root.hdd file and then access a control panel.
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T07:36:34.589Z
Reserved: 2015-09-14T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-6927

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-09-28T20:59:09.017
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-6927

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