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Vulnerability details: VCID-gxt7-8fgz-mbd8
Vulnerability ID VCID-gxt7-8fgz-mbd8
Aliases CVE-2016-1247
Summary
Status Published
Exploitability 2.0
Weighted Severity 8.0
Risk 10.0
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (0)
There are no known CWE.
System Score Found at
cvssv3 7.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1247.json
epss 0.09412 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.09412 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.09412 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.09412 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.09412 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.10643 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.10643 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.10643 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.1174 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.1174 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.15415 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
cvssv2 5.5 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-138
archlinux High https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-139
Data source Exploit-DB
Date added Nov. 16, 2016
Description Nginx (Debian Based Distros + Gentoo) - 'logrotate' Local Privilege Escalation
Ransomware campaign use Unknown
Source publication date Nov. 16, 2016
Exploit type local
Platform linux
Source update date Nov. 16, 2017
Source URL http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1247.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none

Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:P/A:P Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.92488
EPSS Score 0.09412
Published At Sept. 9, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:38:26.218962+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3114-1/ 37.0.0