CVE-2016-1247 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting Nginx packages on Debian, Ubuntu, and Gentoo distributions. A local user with access to the web server account can exploit a symlink attack on the error log to gain root privileges. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk with low attack complexity and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, public exploit code (EDB-40768) exists, and the vulnerability has garnered notable community discussion, suggesting awareness and potential for exploitation.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 1.10.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.10.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
<= 1.4.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
33CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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