CVE-2015-6927

low
Published 2015-09-28 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://openvz.org/Download/vzctl/4.9.4

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
openvzvzctl{"endIncluding":"4.9.3"}

References

CWEs

CWE-59

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.