CVE-2016-9167

HIGH

Novell eDirectory <9.0.2 - Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 did not calculate ACLs on LDAP objects across partition boundaries correctly, which could lead to a privilege escalation by modifying user attributes that would otherwise be filtered by an ACL.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97315

Scores

CVSS v3 7.5
EPSS 0.0050
EPSS Percentile 66.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (2)
n/a/Novell eDirectory Novell eDirectory
novell/edirectory < 9.0.1
Published Mar 23, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026