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CVE-2016-1247

Date: November 29, 2016

The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.

Language: Unix

Severity Score

7.8

Related Resources (20)

Url: https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html

Url: http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33

Url: http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/

Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs

Url: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22

Url: http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1247

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/

Url: http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1

Url: https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1247

Url: https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/

Url: http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1247

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1247

Url: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1247

Severity Score

7.8

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CWE-59

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	7.8
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	HIGH
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	7.2
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	COMPLETE
Integrity (I):	COMPLETE
Availability (A):	COMPLETE
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CVE-2016-1247

Date: November 29, 2016

Language: Unix

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CVSS v3.1

CVSS v2

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