CVE-2016-7097

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Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-7097
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7097.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-7097
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Published
2016-10-16T21:59:11.147Z
Modified
2026-03-12T22:27:57.701879Z
Severity
  • 4.4 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges 
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "4.8.2"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-7097.json"