CVE-2016-2016

MEDIUM

HPE HP-UX 11iv3 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm

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.

References (2)

[Patch, Vendor Advisory] https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05121749

[Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035816

Scores

CVSS v3 5.5

EPSS 0.0005

EPSS Percentile 16.7%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Classification

CWE

CWE-284

Status draft

Affected Products (7)

hp/base-vxfs-50

hp/base-vxfs-501

hp/base-vxfs-51

Timeline

Published May 14, 2016

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026