PT-2021-8301 · Chroot+1 · Schroot+1

Published 2021-05-27 · Updated 2026-03-13 · CVE-2008-2544

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions No specific software or versions are mentioned.

Description The issue allows a user to bypass the chroot environment and gain write access to files by silently mounting the /proc filesystem in read-write mode via the chroot command. This could potentially lead to unauthorized access to sensitive files.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-668

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-2544

ECHO-FCDF-5E03-AD1D

Affected Products

Debian

Schroot

References · 7

• 🔥 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=213135 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/ROOT-OS-DEBIAN-12-CVE-2008-2544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2008-2544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-2544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-2544 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2008-2544 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cvenotify/15733 · Telegram Post