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CVE-2016-7097

4.4 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (4.4) in linux linux kernel. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.4 medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
EPSS
0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE
CWE-285
Published
Modified
Record from
the NVD, synced

Affected

References

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