CVE-2016-2985 Privilege escalation in n/a
Local attackers can gain elevated privileges by exploiting crafted environment variables in a setuid program within IBM Spectrum Scale.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-2985?
CVE-2016-2985 is a high-severity vulnerability in Ibm Spectrum Scale, published on 25 Nov 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-2985?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Ibm General Parallel File System, Ibm Spectrum Scale.
How do I fix CVE-2016-2985?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-2985 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-2985 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2985 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Spectrum Scale
Sources
Also known as GHSA-mrxf-9q89-5jvp.