Race condition in cPanel - CVE-2016-10798
Published: August 7, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU30833
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10798
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to read and manipulate data.
cPanel before 58.0.4 allows a file-ownership change (to nobody) via rearrangeacct (SEC-134).
Affected software
cPanel
How to mitigate CVE-2016-10798
Install update from vendor's website.
cPanel - update to 11.58.0.4