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CVE-2016-1237

Public on 2016-06-29
Modified on 2016-08-17
Description

It was found that nfsd is missing permissions check when setting ACL on files, this may allow a local users to gain access to any file by setting a crafted ACL.

Severity
Important
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CVSS v3 Base Score
7.8
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Affected Packages

Platform Package Release Date Advisory
Amazon Linux 1 kernel 2016-08-01 13:30 ALAS-2016-726

CVSS Scores

Score Type Score Vector
Amazon Linux CVSSv2 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Amazon Linux CVSSv3 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD CVSSv2 4.9 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
NVD CVSSv3 5.5 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N