Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in systemd v228

CVE-2016-10156 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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