CVE-2016-1247

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-10-25
Bugzilla:
1390182: CVE-2016-1247 nginx: Local privilege escalation via log files
A vulnerability was discovered in nginx. An attacker who could already run commands under the nginx user id could use this access to append data to files owned by root, potentially elevating their own privileges to root.

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Statement

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 7.4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux nginx16-nginx Will not fix
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-nginx18-nginx Will not fix

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