01 Record
CVE-2016-3067
Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- 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
- 2.04% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 80.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 9.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-04-21 20:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:40Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-03-10
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 460192852610c1d5628fba2deeea298883c2c8cae78e1f69f5fbd81900445f07
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- cygwin.com[cygwin-announce] 20160411 Cygwin 2.5.0-1https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-04/msg00020.html
- cygwin.com[cygwin-announce] 20160419 CVE-2016-3067: network privilege escalation in Cygwin set(e)uihttps://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-04/msg00054.html
- cygwin.com[cygwin] 20160208 Possible Security Hole in SSHD w/ CYGWIN?https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-02/msg00129.html
- cygwin.com[cygwin-announce] 20160218 TEST RELEASE: Cygwin 2.5.0-0.4https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-02/msg00023.html
- sourceware.orghttps://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=205862ed08649df8f50b926a2c58c963f571b044