ISOMAN

CVE

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.

Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
Published
Modified
NVD detailAll CVEs

Linked Releases

DistributionReleaseStatusEvidence
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.7 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu16.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 desktopunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 amd64 serverunknownsource
Ubuntu14.04.6 i386 serverunknownsource

References

  1. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
  2. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78
  3. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33
  4. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701
  5. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded
  6. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903
  7. http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104
  8. http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1
  9. https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html
  10. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/
  11. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/
  12. https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/
  13. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22
  14. https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/
  15. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs
  16. http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.html
  17. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78
  18. http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33
  19. http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701
  20. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded