CVE-2016-10156

high

Description

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.

References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f

https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-01-23

Updated: 2017-07-26

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 7.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H