vulnerability
Arch Linux: Privilege escalation (CVE-2016-1247)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 | (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) | Nov 29, 2016 | Jul 11, 2025 | Nov 27, 2025 |
Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Nov 29, 2016
Added
Jul 11, 2025
Modified
Nov 27, 2025
Description
A symlink attack vulnerability was discovered in nginx. An attacker who could already run commands under the nginx user id could use this access to append data to files owned by root, potentially elevating their own privileges to root.
Solution
arch-linux-upgrade-latest
References
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