CVE-2016-1237

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 30.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Important. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2016-06-29 14:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 22:48Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2015-12-27

Assigning CNA

debian

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-863Incorrect AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3bb0a06ab86f6536db0faa4e76babc58bc390e5cb16a84570c0f06dd3f243197

• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1350845x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3053-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3053-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160625 Linux CVE-2016-1237: nfsd: any user can set a file's ACL over NFS and grant access to ithttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/25/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-3http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-3vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• www.debian.orgDSA-3607http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3607vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-2http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-2vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• github.comhttps://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com91456http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91456vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3070-4http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3070-4vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• git.kernel.orghttp://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=999653786df6954a31044528ac3f7a5dadca08f4x_refsource_CONFIRM