CVE-2016-6299 Privilege escalation in n/a

What is CVE-2016-6299?

CVE-2016-6299 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 14 Apr 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The scm plug-in in mock might allow attackers to bypass the intended chroot protection mechanism and gain root privileges via a crafted spec file.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6299?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Mock Project Scm Plugin.

How do I fix CVE-2016-6299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2016-6299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-67hf-6rcg-6p33, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6299.