CVE-2016-2016

medium HPE
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
EPSS Score
0.1%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 83% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Published: May 14, 2016 (3653 days ago)
Last Modified: May 6, 2026
Vendor: HPE
Source: NVD

Description

Base-VxFS-50 B.05.00.01 through B.05.00.02, Base-VxFS-501 B.05.01.0 through B.05.01.03, and Base-VxFS-51 B.05.10.00 through B.05.10.02 on HPE HP-UX 11iv3 with VxFS 5.0, VxFS 5.0.1, and VxFS 5.1SP1 mishandles ACL inheritance for default:class: entries, default:other: entries, and default:user: entries, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the configuration of a parent directory.

CWE

CWE-284

Affected Products

hp base-vxfs-50hp base-vxfs-501hp base-vxfs-51

References

🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 h20566.www2.hpe.com 🔗 www.securitytracker.com 🔗 h20566.www2.hpe.com