CVE-2016-1247
23Vexday Risk Score
No sign of exploitation. It has a public proof of concept.
ssvc Attendepss 4.9%
from disclosure to weapon0 days
Published on NVDNov 29
1st PoCNov 16
exploitation probability
4.9%top 9% of all CVEs
observed exploitation
nono source reports it
3 public exploit(s)
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 products
n/a · n/apublic PoCs found — 3
cve_referencepacketstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlunverifiedcve_referencewww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/unverifiedexploitdbwww.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768unverified⚠ Public resources, to assess the exposure of systems you control or are authorized to test. Test only with authorization.
References
http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33https://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.htmlhttps://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/201701-22https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQshttp://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threaded