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CVE-2016-1247

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.

  • Published: Nov 29, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-1247
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
f5 / nginx - 1.10.1.x
f5 / nginx - 1.10.0.x
f5 / nginx - 1.6.2.x
f5 / nginx - 1.4.3.x
fedoraproject / fedora 33 33.x
fedoraproject / fedora 34 34.x
fedoraproject / fedora 35 35.x