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CVE-2016-5402

A code injection flaw was found in the way capacity and utilization imported control files are processed.

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
8.8
v3.0 · CNA
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
5.9%
percentile 93%
Public exploits
0
none known

A code injection flaw was found in the way capacity and utilization imported control files are processed. A remote, authenticated attacker with access to the capacity and utilization feature could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code as the user CFME runs as.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

5.93% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
CNA3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CNA3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD3.08.8CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.09.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • [UNKNOWN] cfme

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-5402 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/94612 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2839.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred

Sources

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