CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-10156

Published: Jan 23, 2017 | Modified: Jul 26, 2017
CVSS 3.x
7.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.2 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
7.8 IMPORTANT
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Ubuntu
HIGH

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Systemd Systemd_project 228 (including) 228 (including)
Systemd Ubuntu vivid/stable-phone-overlay *

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