CVE-2016-6065 Command injection in Guardium
A local user can inject commands executed as root on the IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor appliance.
- 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-2016-6065?
CVE-2016-6065 is a high-severity command injection vulnerability in Ibm Security Guardium, published on 1 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
IBM Security Guardium Database Activity Monitor appliance could allow a local user to inject commands that would be executed as root.
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6065?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Ibm Security Guardium.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6065?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-6065 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.
Is CVE-2016-6065 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6065 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Security Guardium
Sources
Also known as GHSA-8h59-25x6-x33h.