Race condition in cPanel - CVE-2016-10798

 

Race condition in cPanel - CVE-2016-10798

Published: August 7, 2019 / Updated: July 17, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU30833
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10798
CWE-ID: CWE-362
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: cPanel, Inc
Affected software:
cPanel

Detailed vulnerability description

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).


How to mitigate CVE-2016-10798

Install update from vendor's website.

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