CVE-2016-10156 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00805.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Systemd Project	Systemd

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:systemd_project:systemd:228:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e
https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10156
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10156
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-01-23T06:49:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:14:42.637Z

Reserved: 2017-01-22T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-10156

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-01-23T07:59:00.347

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-10156

Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2017-01-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10156 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

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