CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-9638
7.8 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-12-02
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
- Weaknesses
- CWE-264
Description
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.
Affected configurations
• bmc patrol (<= 9.13.10.01)
Related
Weakness · not in database (1)
References
- http://www.nes.fr/securitylab/index.php/2016/12/02/privilege-escalation-on-bmc-patrol Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95009 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037385 www.securitytracker.com
- http://www.nes.fr/securitylab/index.php/2016/12/02/privilege-escalation-on-bmc-patrol Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95009 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037385 www.securitytracker.com