CVE-2016-1255

highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.004 · 36 %ileDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP2 · Scheduled

Exploitable?

—

no known exploitation

Likely / severe?

0.42% (36th) EPSS

CVSS 7.2 · high

Is it mine?

211 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

4 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

The pg_ctlcluster script in postgresql-common package in Debian wheezy before 134wheezy5, in Debian jessie before 165+deb8u2, in Debian unstable before 178, in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS before 129ubuntu1.2, in Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 154ubuntu1.1, in Ubuntu 16.04 LTS before 173ubuntu0.1, in Ubuntu 17.04 before 179ubuntu0.1, and in Ubuntu 17.10 before 184ubuntu1.1 allows local users to gain root privileges via a symlink attack on a logfile in /var/log/postgresql.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

7.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode

v2.07.2highAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:Cprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 10

v3.07.8highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 1.8 · impact 5.9

v3.07.1highCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Usecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

v3.17.8highAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-59USprimaryCWE-59US

affected products (211)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

Debian Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:-
Dell NetWorker <19.11.0.6all versionscert_bundDE
Dell NetWorker <19.12.0.1all versionscert_bundDE
IBM Security Verify Access 10.0.0.0 - 10.0.6.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:ibm:security_verify_access:10.0.0.0_-_10.0.6.1
Open Source CentOSall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:centos:centos:-
Open Source PostgreSQL 10.1all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:10.1
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.2.24all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.2.24
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.3.20all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.3.20
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.4.15all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.4.15
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.5.10all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.10
Open Source PostgreSQL 9.6.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:postgresql:postgresql:9.6.6
Oracle Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:oracle:linux:-
Red Hat Enterprise Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:-
SUSE Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:suse:suse_linux:-
Ubuntu Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:-
Dell Networker< 19.11.0.6cert_bundDE
Dell Networker< 19.12.0.1cert_bundDE
n/a n/a≤ n/aenisa_euvdEU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 17.10fstec_bduRU
Canonical Ltd. Ubuntu≤ 14.04 LTSfstec_bduRU

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advisories (1)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2024-0143PostgreSQL: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2017-11-09csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein lokaler oder entfernter authenitisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in PostgreSQL ausnutzen, um seine Privilegien zu erhöhen, vertrauliche Daten einzusehen, Daten zu manipulieren, einen Denial of Serivce auszulösen oder Sicherheitsmechanismen zu umgehen.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2017-12-05modified 2026-06-17

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references (12)

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