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CVE-2016-9167

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-03-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 did not calculate ACLs on LDAP objects across partition boundaries correctly, which could lead to a privilege escalation by modifying user attributes that would otherwise be filtered by an ACL.

Affected products

• Novell eDirectory: through 9.0.1

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97315
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97315
• https://www.novell.com/support/kb/doc.php?id=7016794

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