Medium severity · published May 13, 2016
CVE-2016-2860
The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and…
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 74% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
OP
Openafs · Openafs
through 1.6.16 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2860
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2860
git.openafs.org
http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
Vendor Advisory
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt
lists.openafs.org
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
www.openafs.org
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17
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