ubuntu · CVE-2016-5237

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Priority: medium Published: 2017-01-23 21:59:00 UTC Updated: 2025-08-25 22:05:45 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2016-5237 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (steam), 5 status rows across 5 suites (precise, trusty, upstream, xenial, yakkety): DNE 2, not-affected 2, needs-triage 1.

Description:

Valve Steam 3.42.16.13 uses weak permissions for the files in the Steam program directory, which allows local users to modify the files and possibly gain privileges as demonstrated by a Trojan horse Steam.exe file.

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