CVE-2016-2860

Source
https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=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
2016-05-13T16:59:08.060Z
Modified
2026-03-13T14:33:05.360044Z
Severity
  • 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

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

Affected packages

Git /

Affected ranges

Database specific

unresolved_ranges
[
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "1.6.16"
            }
        ]
    },
    {
        "events": [
            {
                "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
                "last_affected": "8.0"
            }
        ]
    }
]
source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2860.json"