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CVE-2016-3067

9.8 criticalEPSS 2.0%

Critical (9.8) in cygwin cygwin. EPSS 2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Severity

CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
2.0% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 81% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-264
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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