VDB-92943 · CVE-2016-5503 · BID 93689

Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Kit AK 2013 Local Privilege Escalation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Kit AK 2013. This issue affects some unknown processing. Performing a manipulation results in Local Privilege Escalation. This vulnerability was named CVE-2016-5503. The attack needs to be approached locally. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Oracle Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Kit AK 2013. This affects an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a local privilege escalation vulnerability. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Sun ZFS Storage Appliance Kit (AK) component in Oracle Sun Systems Products Suite AK 2013 allows local users to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to Core Services.

The weakness was presented 10/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-5503 since 06/16/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. Additional levels of successful authentication are necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 93689†). See VDB-4597, VDB-4598, VDB-79101 and VDB-80318 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Local Privilege Escalation
CWE: Unknown
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/16/2016 🔍
10/18/2016 +124 days 🔍
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10/25/2016 +6 days 🔍
05/14/2019 +931 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-5503 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-5503
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92943
SecurityFocus: 93689 - Oracle Sun Systems Products CVE-2016-5503 Local Security Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 05/14/2019 17:00
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (51), 05/14/2019 17:00 (14)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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