{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1247","details":"The nginx package before 1.6.2-5+deb8u3 on Debian jessie, the nginx packages before 1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, before 1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, and before 1.10.1-0ubuntu1.1 on Ubuntu 16.10, and the nginx ebuild before 1.10.2-r3 on Gentoo allow local users with access to the web server user account to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on the error log.","modified":"2026-02-04T03:06:28.699445Z","published":"2016-10-25T00:00:00Z","related":["USN-3114-1"],"upstream":["CVE-2016-1247"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-1247"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3114-1"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1247"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"nginx","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nginx@1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6"}]}],"versions":["1.4.1-3ubuntu1","1.4.3-2ubuntu1","1.4.4-1ubuntu1","1.4.4-2ubuntu1","1.4.4-4ubuntu1","1.4.5-1ubuntu1","1.4.6-1ubuntu2","1.4.6-1ubuntu3","1.4.6-1ubuntu3.1","1.4.6-1ubuntu3.2","1.4.6-1ubuntu3.3","1.4.6-1ubuntu3.4","1.4.6-1ubuntu3.5"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-common"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-core"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-extras"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-full"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-light"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-naxsi"},{"binary_version":"1.4.6-1ubuntu3.6","binary_name":"nginx-naxsi-ui"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1247.json"}},{"package":{"name":"nginx","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/nginx@1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3"}]}],"versions":["1.9.3-1ubuntu1","1.9.6-2ubuntu1","1.9.6-2ubuntu2","1.9.9-0ubuntu1","1.9.9-1ubuntu1","1.9.10-0ubuntu1","1.9.10-1ubuntu1","1.9.11-0ubuntu1","1.9.11-0ubuntu2","1.9.12-0ubuntu1","1.9.13-0ubuntu1","1.9.14-0ubuntu1","1.9.15-0ubuntu1","1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.1","1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx"},{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx-common"},{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx-core"},{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx-extras"},{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx-full"},{"binary_version":"1.10.0-0ubuntu0.16.04.3","binary_name":"nginx-light"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1247.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}