PT-2017-8322

CVE-2016-3067

Published

2017-04-21

Updated

2017-04-27

CVSS 3.1

9.8

Critical

MetricsAV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Cygwin versions prior to 2.5.0

Description The issue arises from improper handling of permission updates when changing users, allowing attackers to gain privileges.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.0, update to version 2.5.0 or later to resolve the issue.

Exploitability

Fix

Researchers

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Weakness enumeration

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