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CVE-2016-10156

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

Published

2017-01-23T07:59:00.347

Last Modified

2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.8 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	systemd_project	systemd	228	Yes

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601 Issue Tracking ([email protected])
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/ ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601 Issue Tracking (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)