CVE-2016-9167 Privilege escalation in Novell eDirectory
Novell eDirectory allows privilege escalation via incorrect ACL calculation across partition boundaries, enabling unauthorized modification of user attributes.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-9167?
CVE-2016-9167 is a high-severity vulnerability in Novell Edirectory, published on 23 Mar 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 did not calculate ACLs on LDAP objects across partition boundaries correctly, which could lead to a privilege escalation by modifying user attributes that would otherwise be filtered by an ACL.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9167?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Novell Edirectory.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9167?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9167 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2016-9167 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9167 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Novell Edirectory
Sources
Also known as GHSA-wqm7-3p5m-h5g8.