# CVE-2016-9795: Privilege escalation in n/a

> Local attackers can modify arbitrary files to gain root privileges in CA Common Services due to insufficient validation.

- **Severity:** High 7.8 (`CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 27 Jan 2017
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-9cjv-vp2f-72cv

## What is CVE-2016-9795?

CVE-2016-9795 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

The casrvc program in CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation 12.8, 12.9, and 14.0; CA SystemEDGE 5.8.2 and 5.9; CA Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Universal Job Management Agent 11.2; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Workload Automation AE 11, 11.3, 11.3.5, and 11.3.6 on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via vectors related to insufficient validation.

Weakness: CWE-20 (Improper Input Validation)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9795?

It affects 6 products.


Products: Broadcom Ca Workload Automation Ae, Broadcom Client Automation, Broadcom Systemedge, Broadcom Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers, Ca Universal Job Management Agent, Ca Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers.

## How do I fix CVE-2016-9795?

No fix has been published for CVE-2016-9795 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2016-9795 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9795 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code:

- Revisited CVE-2016-9795 privilege escalation (casrvc binary from CA Common Services suite) (github_poc): https://github.com/blogresponder/CA-Common-Services-privilege-escalation-cve-2016-9795-revisited

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2016-9795 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2016-9795 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 27 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9795 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. 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.
2. 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.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9795/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-9795/index.md)
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## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9795
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9795
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-9795

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