CVE-2016-1247

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"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CBIZEKHBOCKO7FUMCO4X53ENMWU5OYFX/", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESTIADC7BDB6VTH4JAP6C6OCW2CQ4NHP/", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/P3WOO7E5R2HT5XVOIOFPEFALILVOWZUF/", "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-22", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40768/", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTswN1k1fQs", "tags": ["Exploit", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": 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permiten a usuarios locales con acceso a la cuenta de usuario del servidor web obtener privilegios de root a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico en el registro de error."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-12T10:46:40.837", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "7929C98C-B29C-4302-ABB5-EDFAE501771C", "versionEndIncluding": "1.10.1"}], "operator": "OR"}, {"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": false, "matchCriteriaId": "1AFB20FA-CB00-4729-AB3A-816454C6D096"}], "operator": "OR"}], "operator": "AND"}, {"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:f5:nginx:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "24A689E9-9EDC-4D1B-BFEB-52BCC1765BB4", "versionEndIncluding": "1.10.0"}], "operator": "OR"}, {"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": 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