CVE-2016-2860
- Source
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2860
- Import Source
- https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2860.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2860
- Downstream
- Related
- Published
- 2016-05-13T16:59:08Z
- Modified
- 2025-09-17T16:00:20Z
- Severity
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- 6.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
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The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.
- References
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- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3569
- http://www.openafs.org/pages/security/OPENAFS-SA-2016-001.txt
- http://git.openafs.org/?p=openafs.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=396240cf070a806b91fea81131d034e1399af1e0
- https://lists.openafs.org/pipermail/openafs-announce/2016/000496.html
- https://www.openafs.org/dl/openafs/1.6.17/RELNOTES-1.6.17