#VU946 Arbitrary command execution in Oracle Linux - CVE-2016-6662

Vulnerability identifier: #VU946

Vulnerability risk: High

CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Amber

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6662

CWE-ID: CWE-264

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerable software:

Oracle Linux

Software vendor:

Oracle

The vulnerability allows an administrative user to execute arbitrary command on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficient access control that allows a malicious user to execute arbitrary command with root privileges that may lead to complete system compromise.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code excution on the vulnerable system.

• https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2016-756.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2016-3090545.html