Privilege Escalation in IBM InfoSphere Replication Server and IBM DB2 - CVE-2016-5995
Published: September 19, 2016
Vulnerability identifier: #VU530
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5995
CWE-ID: CWE-284
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability exposes local user's possibility to get root privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to access control error. Creating a specially crafted library a malicious user can get elevated privileges and induce the application to arbitrary code execution.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows a local user to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system.
The weakness exists due to access control error. Creating a specially crafted library a malicious user can get elevated privileges and induce the application to arbitrary code execution.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability allows a local user to gain root privileges on the vulnerable system.
Affected software
IBM InfoSphere Replication Server
IBM DB2
IBM DB2
How to mitigate CVE-2016-5995
Update to 10.5 FP8.