High severity · published Mar 1, 2017
CVE-2016-10151
The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to…
7.0
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
High
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 33% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
HE
Hesiod · Hesiod Project
3.2.1 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10151
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10151
Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/21/1
www.securityfocus.com
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90952
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332508
Issue Tracking
https://github.com/achernya/hesiod/pull/9
security.gentoo.org
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201805-01
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