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.
References
Link Resource
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/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/
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/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/
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
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 3 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 4 (hide)

AND
cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:*:*:*:lts:*:*:*

Configuration 5 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:33:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:34:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:35:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 02:46

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

07 Nov 2023, 02:29

Type Values Removed Values Added
References
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-3aa9ac7fd1', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-1556d440ba', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • {'url': 'https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/', 'name': 'FEDORA-2021-10c1cd4cba', 'tags': ['Mailing List', 'Third Party Advisory'], 'refsource': 'FEDORA'}
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/ -
  • () https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/ -

Information

Published : 2016-11-29 17:59

Updated : 2024-11-21 02:46


NVD link : CVE-2016-1247

Mitre link : CVE-2016-1247

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2016-1247


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Products Affected

canonical

  • ubuntu_linux

fedoraproject

  • fedora

f5

  • nginx

debian

  • debian_linux
CWE
CWE-59

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')