CVE-2016-2016

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-05-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-284

Description

Base-VxFS-50 B.05.00.01 through B.05.00.02, Base-VxFS-501 B.05.01.0 through B.05.01.03, and Base-VxFS-51 B.05.10.00 through B.05.10.02 on HPE HP-UX 11iv3 with VxFS 5.0, VxFS 5.0.1, and VxFS 5.1SP1 mishandles ACL inheritance for default:class: entries, default:other: entries, and default:user: entries, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging the configuration of a parent directory.

Affected products

HP Base-Vxfs-50: b.05.00.01, b.05.00.02
HP Base-Vxfs-501: b.05.01.0, b.05.01.01, b.05.01.03
HP Base-Vxfs-51: b.05.10.00, b.05.10.02

References

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035816
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05121749
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035816
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/portal/site/hpsc/public/kb/docDisplay?docId=emr_na-c05121749

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