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Case File

CVE-2016-9962

MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4 EPSS 0.40% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-01-31 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

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Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

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CVE
CVE-2016-9962
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.4
EPSS
0.40%

Original Filing — NVD Description

RunC allowed additional container processes via 'runc exec' to be ptraced by the pid 1 of the container. This allows the main processes of the container, if running as root, to gain access to file-descriptors of these new processes during the initialization and can lead to container escapes or modification of runC state before the process is fully placed inside the container.