CVE-2016-1247

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

4.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 91.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Low. 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

2016-11-29 17:00Z9 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-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

171c0de1c79a00c0e3dbf87f1df172914f1b413169dd98881f681a2d7f33245c

• www.exploit-db.com40768https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
• www.securityfocus.com20161121 Nginx (Debian-based distros) - Root Privilege Escalation (CVE-2016-1247)http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/539796/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.debian.orgDSA-3701http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3701vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
• www.youtube.comhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQsx_refsource_MISC
• www.securityfocus.com93903http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93903vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• legalhackers.comhttps://legalhackers.com/advisories/Nginx-Exploit-Deb-Root-PrivEsc-CVE-2016-1247.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.ubuntu.comUSN-3114-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3114-1vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
• seclists.org20170113 Nginx (Debian-based + Gentoo distros) - Root Privilege Escalation [CVE-2016-1247 UPDATE]http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Jan/33mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201701-22https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
• www.securitytracker.com1037104http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037104vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• seclists.org20161116 Nginx (Debian-based distros) - Root Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2016-1247)http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2016/Nov/78mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
• packetstormsecurity.comhttp://packetstormsecurity.com/files/139750/Nginx-Debian-Based-Distros-Root-Privilege-Escalation.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-10c1cd4cbahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-1556d440bahttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2021-3aa9ac7fd1https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA