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Bugs Gone Wild: Container (Stack) Clash and CVE-2017-1000253

ID: a4654ad6-e332-5299-a79f-a7e493d00d9e

STIX ID: report--a4654ad6-e332-5299-a79f-a7e493d00d9e

Feed Name: Aqua Security Blog

Threat Score
65/100

Date Published: 2017-11-03

Date Updated: 2026-04-26

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This report explains the Stack Clash vulnerability class and details CVE-2017-1000253, showing how improper memory mapping and guard-page circumvention can enable local privilege escalation on affected Linux systems; it includes historical context, technical explanation of guard-page bypass techniques, Qualys PoC references, and a container-based demonstration plus remediation guidance (patching, removing SUID binaries, minimizing container privileges).

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