CVE-2016-3067 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

Published: 2017-04-21

Score: 9.8 Critical

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:cygwin:cygwin:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-4140	Cygwin before 2.5.0 does not properly handle updating permissions when changing users, which allows attackers to gain privileges.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction None

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.0059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-02/msg00023.html
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-04/msg00020.html
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin-announce/2016-04/msg00054.html
https://cygwin.com/ml/cygwin/2016-02/msg00129.html
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=newlib-cygwin.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=205862ed08649df8f50b926a2c58c963f571b044

History

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Subscriptions

Cygwin Cygwin

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2017-04-21T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:40:15.116Z

Reserved: 2016-03-10T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-3067

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-04-21T20:59:00.633

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-3067

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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