CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-9795

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-01-27 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-01-27
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.1/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-20

Description

The casrvc program in CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation 12.8, 12.9, and 14.0; CA SystemEDGE 5.8.2 and 5.9; CA Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Universal Job Management Agent 11.2; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Workload Automation AE 11, 11.3, 11.3.5, and 11.3.6 on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via vectors related to insufficient validation.

Affected configurations

• broadcom ca workload automation ae 11.0 • broadcom ca workload automation ae 11.3 • broadcom ca workload automation ae 11.3.5 • broadcom ca workload automation ae 11.3.6 • broadcom client automation 12.8 • broadcom client automation 12.9 • broadcom client automation 14.0 • broadcom systemedge 5.8.2 • broadcom systemedge 5.9 • broadcom systems performance for infrastructure managers 12.8 • broadcom systems performance for infrastructure managers 12.9 • ca universal job management agent 11.2 • ca virtual assurance for infrastructure managers 12.8 • ca virtual assurance for infrastructure managers 12.9

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References