{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9638 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9638 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.","what":"CVE-2016-9638 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9638 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-9638 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 2 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9638 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9638/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9638/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-9638","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9638/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-9638","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-g265-mq7h-8cq4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"server_software","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"BMC Patrol monitoring","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a setuid binary that executes virsh from an untrusted PATH environment variable.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"patrol","vendor":"bmc"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"In BMC Patrol before 9.13.10.02, the binary \"listguests64\" is configured with the setuid bit. However, when executing it, it will look for a binary named \"virsh\" using the PATH environment variable. The \"listguests64\" program will then run \"virsh\" using root privileges. This allows local users to elevate their privileges to root.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":null,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-9638","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Salt allows deleted minions to read or write to minions with the same id","id":"CVE-2016-9639"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-9637"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2016-12-02","related":[{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2017-13130","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-08-23"},{"cvss_score":7.5,"headline":"Hardcoded credentials in n/a","id":"CVE-2023-34258","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-05-31"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-06","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can gain root privileges by exploiting a setuid binary that executes virsh from an untrusted PATH environment variable.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9638/"}