CVE-2016-7097

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CVSS v3
N/A
CVSS v2
3.6
LOW
Affected
1
PROJECT

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.

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