PT-2017-7774 · Systemd+2 · Systemd+2

Sebastian Krahmer · Published 2016-03-11 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-10156

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions systemd versions prior to v229

Description A flaw in the systemd timers feature caused world-writable suid files to be created, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. The issue is related to the /src/basic/fs-util.c file.

Recommendations For versions prior to v229, update to version v229 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the systemd timers feature until the update is applied.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2016-1214

CVE-2016-10156

OPENSUSE-SU-2017_0287-1

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:11420-1

SUSE-SU-2017:0279-1

SUSE-SU-2017_0279-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Suse

Systemd

References · 47

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/41171 · Exploit
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2f · Patch
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0e · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-10156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2016-1214 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:11420-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2017:0279-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10156 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10156 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10156 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10156 · Security Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-15686 · Note