CVE-2016-6659

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-6659
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdell
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-23 05:59:00 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionCloud Foundry before 248; UAA 2.x before 2.7.4.12, 3.x before 3.6.5, and 3.7.x through 3.9.x before 3.9.3; and UAA bosh release (aka uaa-release) before 13.9 for UAA 3.6.5 and before 24 for UAA 3.9.3 allow attackers to gain privileges by accessing UAA logs and subsequently running a specially crafted application that interacts with a configured SAML provider.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 8.1 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.003230000 probability, percentile 0.553220000 (date 2026-05-11)

Problem Types: CWE-287 | Privilege Escalation

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary8.1HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary2.6AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Cloudfoundry Cloud Foundry Uaa Bosh All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry All All All All
Application Pivotal Software Cloud Foundry Uaa All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na Cloud Foundry V247 And Earlier And UAA V3.9.2 Earlier And UAA Bosh Uaa-release V23 Earlier affected Cloud Foundry v247 and earlier and UAA v3.9.2 & earlier and UAA bosh (uaa-release) v23 & earlier Not specified

References

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www.securityfocus.com/bid/95085 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CVE-2016-6659: UAA Privilege Escalation | Cloud Foundry af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.cloudfoundry.org Vendor Advisory
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