CVE-2016-2985

Severity

69%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

165%

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.x before 4.1.1.8 and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.4 and General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.x before 3.5.0.32 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.8 allow local users to gain privileges via crafted environment variables to a /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/ setuid program.

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.x before 4.1.1.8 and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.4 and General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.x before 3.5.0.32 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.8 allow local users to gain privileges via crafted environment variables to a /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/ setuid program.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.9. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM

First reported 8 years ago

2016-11-25 03:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 20:05:00

Affected Software

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.0

4.1.1.0

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.1

4.1.1.1

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.2

4.1.1.2

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.3

4.1.1.3

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.4

4.1.1.4

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.5

4.1.1.5

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.6

4.1.1.6

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.7

4.1.1.7

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.8

4.1.1.8

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.0

4.2.0.0

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.1

4.2.0.1

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.2

4.2.0.2

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.2.0.3

4.2.0.3

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.1

3.5.0.1

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.5

3.5.0.5

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.27

3.5.0.27

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.28

3.5.0.28

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.29

3.5.0.29

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.30

3.5.0.30

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.0.31

3.5.0.31

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.0

4.1.0.0

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.1

4.1.0.1

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.2

4.1.0.2

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.3

4.1.0.3

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.4

4.1.0.4

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.5

4.1.0.5

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.6

4.1.0.6

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.7

4.1.0.7

IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS) 4.1.0.8

4.1.0.8

References

92408

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1007994

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