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CVE-2016-0263

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-29 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1 before 4.1.1.5 and 4.2 before 4.2.0.2 and General Parallel File System 3.5 before 3.5.0.30 allow local users to gain privileges or cause a denial of service via a crafted mmapplypolicy command.

Affected products

• IBM General Parallel File System Storage Server: 3.5.0.1, 3.5.0.2, 3.5.0.3, 3.5.0.4, 3.5.0.5, 3.5.0.6 (+23)
• IBM Spectrum Scale: 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4, 4.2.0.0, 4.2.0.1

References

• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1005708
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90525
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036458
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1005708
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/90525
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036458

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