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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

2016-11-29T17:59:00.167

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 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-59

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	f5	nginx	≤ 1.10.1	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.10	No
Application	f5	nginx	≤ 1.10.0	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	16.04	No
Application	f5	nginx	≤ 1.6.2	Yes
Operating System	debian	debian_linux	8.0	No
Application	f5	nginx	≤ 1.4.3	Yes
Operating System	canonical	ubuntu_linux	14.04	No
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	33	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	34	Yes
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	35	Yes

References

http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/ ([email protected])
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/ ([email protected])
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry ([email protected])
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs Exploit, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/ (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs Exploit, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)