CVE-2016-7097

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CVSS 3.0

4.4 medium

EPSS

<1%p31

Published

Oct 16, 2016 (Oct 16, 2016)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The filesystem implementation in the Linux kernel through 4.8.2 preserves the setgid bit during a setxattr call, which allows local users to gain group privileges by leveraging the existence of a setgid program with restrictions on execute permissions.

Vendors: linux
Products: linux kernel
Weakness: CWE-285
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

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