CVE-2016-2985

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: 2016-11-25 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.x before 4.1.1.8 and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.4 and General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.x before 3.5.0.32 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.8 allow local users to gain privileges via crafted environment variables to a /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/ setuid program.

Affected products

IBM General Parallel File System: 3.5.0.0, 3.5.0.1, 3.5.0.2, 3.5.0.3, 3.5.0.4, 3.5.0.5 (+35)
IBM Spectrum Scale: 4.1.1.0, 4.1.1.1, 4.1.1.2, 4.1.1.3, 4.1.1.4, 4.1.1.5 (+7)

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1007994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92408
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1007994
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92408

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