CVE-2016-10156

A flaw in systemd v228 in /src/basic/fs-util.c caused world writable suid files to be created when using the systemd timers features, allowing local attackers to escalate their privileges to root. This is fixed in v229.

• CWE-264

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0eIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2fIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95790Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037686
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1020601Issue Tracking
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/06eeacb6fe029804f296b065b3ce91e796e1cd0eIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://github.com/systemd/systemd/commit/ee735086f8670be1591fa9593e80dd60163a7a2fIssue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/41171/

Published

Jan 23, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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