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CVE-2016-2860

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Date: May 13, 2016

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.

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Related Resources (7)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2860
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt
http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-2860

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

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CVSS v3

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): LOW
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): LOW
Authentication (AU): SINGLE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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