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Vulnerability details: VCID-p933-hxvk-37bk
Vulnerability ID VCID-p933-hxvk-37bk
Aliases CVE-2016-1247
Summary Gentoo's NGINX ebuilds are vulnerable to privilege escalation due to the way log files are handled.
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 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
epss 0.0983 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
Reference id Reference type URL
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-1247.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-1247
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-1247
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
1390182 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1390182
842295 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842295
ASA-201701-23 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-23
ASA-201701-24 https://security.archlinux.org/ASA-201701-24
AVG-138 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-138
AVG-139 https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-139
CVE-2016-1247 Exploit http://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.html
CVE-2016-1247 Exploit https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/linux/local/40768.sh
GLSA-201701-22 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22
USN-3114-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3114-1/
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 0.92947
EPSS Score 0.0983
Published At April 1, 2026, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2026-04-01T13:12:00.725792+00:00 Gentoo Importer Import https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22 38.0.0