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| 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 |
| There are no known CWE. |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |