CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-1247
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-11-29
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59
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 configurations
• f5 nginx (<= 1.10.1)
• f5 nginx (<= 1.10.0)
• f5 nginx (<= 1.6.2)
• f5 nginx (<= 1.4.3)
• fedoraproject fedora 33
• fedoraproject fedora 34
• fedoraproject fedora 35
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness
References
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1 Vendor Advisory
- https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html Exploit, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/ lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 Third Party Advisory
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/ Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs Exploit, Third Party Advisory