CVE-2016-9638

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9638
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-12-02 17:59:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-28 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn BMC Patrol before 9.13.10.02, the binary "listguests64" is configured with the setuid bit. However, when executing it, it will look for a binary named "virsh" using the PATH environment variable. The "listguests64" program will then run "virsh" using root privileges. This allows local users to elevate their privileges to root.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bmc Patrol All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
BMC Patrol CVE-2016-9638 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
BMC Patrol 'listguests64' Utility setuid Settings Lets Local Users Obtain Root Privileges - SecurityTracker SECTRACK www.securitytracker.com
CVE-2016-9638 - Privilege escalation on BMC Patrol - NES MISC www.nes.fr Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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