CVE-2016-3067
Published on: 04/21/2017 12:00:00 AM UTC
Last Modified on: 03/23/2021 11:27:02 PM UTC
Certain versions of Cygwin from Cygwin contain the following vulnerability:
Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
- CVE-2016-3067 has been assigned by
[email protected] to track the vulnerability - currently rated as - currently rated as CRITICAL severity.
CVSS3 Score: 9.8 - CRITICAL
Attack Vector ⓘ |
Attack Complexity |
Privileges Required |
User Interaction |
|
---|---|---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE | NONE | |
Scope | Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
|
UNCHANGED | HIGH | HIGH | HIGH |
CVSS2 Score: 7.5 - HIGH
Access Vector ⓘ |
Access Complexity |
Authentication |
---|---|---|
NETWORK | LOW | NONE |
Confidentiality Impact |
Integrity Impact |
Availability Impact |
PARTIAL | PARTIAL | PARTIAL |
CVE References
Description | Tags ⓘ | Link |
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David Willis - RE: Possible Security Hole in SSHD w/ CYGWIN? | Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory cygwin.com text/html |
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sourceware.org Git - newlib-cygwin.git/commit | Patch sourceware.org text/xml |
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Corinna Vinschen - Cygwin 2.5.0-1 | Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory cygwin.com text/html |
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Corinna Vinschen - TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.4 | Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory cygwin.com text/html |
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Yaakov Selkowitz - CVE-2016-3067: network privilege escalation in Cygwin set(e)uid | Mailing List Release Notes Vendor Advisory cygwin.com text/html |
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There are currently no QIDs associated with this CVE
Known Affected Configurations (CPE V2.3)
Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
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Application | Cygwin | Cygwin | All | All | All | All |
- cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE