CVE-2016-1247

HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: November 29, 2016 at 05:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:41 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsFedoraNGINX· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%

Description

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v ≤ 1.10.0v ≤ 1.10.1v ≤ 1.4.3v ≤ 1.6.2
canonical-ubuntu-linux (environment) · debian-debian-linux (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (15)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78
Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded
VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1

CVSS

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59

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