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CVE-2016-3067

Published: Apr 21, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3067
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/264.html

Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Cygwin Cygwin * 2.4.1-1 (including)

References

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