### [CVE-2016-3096](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-3096)
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### Description

The create_script function in the lxc_container module in Ansible before 1.9.6-1 and 2.x before 2.0.2.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files or gain privileges via a symlink attack on (1) /opt/.lxc-attach-script, (2) the archived container in the archive_path directory, or the (3) lxc-attach-script.log or (4) lxc-attach-script.err files in the temporary directory.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941
- https://github.com/ansible/ansible-modules-extras/pull/1941/commits/8c6fe646ee79f5e55361b885b7efed5bec72d4a4

#### Github
- https://github.com/ARPSyndicate/cvemon