CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7097

4.4 MEDIUM Published 2016-10-16 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2016-10-16
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
4.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
3.6 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses
CWE-285

Description

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions.

Affected configurations

• linux linux kernel (<= 4.8.2)

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-285 Improper Authorization weakness

References