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CVE-2016-10156

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Date: January 23, 2017

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.

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Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10156
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10156
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-10156

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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