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CVE-2016-1247 (GCVE-0-2016-1247)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-11-29 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 22:48
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit… x_refsource_MISC
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx… x_refsource_MISC
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/pac… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2016-10-25 00:00
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Forecast uses a logistic model when the trend is rising, or an exponential decay model when the trend is falling. Fitted via linearized least squares.

Sightings

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Nomenclature

  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or observed by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
  • Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
  • Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.


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