CVE-2016-9638 (GCVE-0-2016-9638)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-02 17:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:59
VLAI?
Summary
In BMC Patrol before 9.13.10.02, the binary "listguests64" is configured with the setuid bit. However, when executing it, it will look for a binary named "virsh" using the PATH environment variable. The "listguests64" program will then run "virsh" using root privileges. This allows local users to elevate their privileges to root.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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