Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2860

The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.

  • Published: May 13, 2016
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2860
  • Severity: Medium
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.5
  • AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Low
  • Score: 4
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWEs:

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Software From Fixed in
openafs / openafs - 1.6.16.x
debian / debian_linux 8.0 8.0.x