VDB-96085 · CVE-2016-9795 · BID 95819

CA Common Services on AIX/HP-UX/Linux/Solaris input validation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in CA Common Services on AIX/HP-UX/Linux/Solaris and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes input validation. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2016-9795. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in CA Common Services on AIX/HP-UX/Linux/Solaris. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The bug was discovered 01/26/2017. The weakness was published 01/26/2017 by Kevin Kotas with NCC Group as CA20170126-01: Security Notice for CA Common Services casrvc as not defined mailinglist post (Bugtraq). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-9795 since 12/02/2016. An attack has to be approached locally. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/04/2022).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 95819†). If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

Affected

  • CA Client Automation 12.8/12.9/14.0
  • CA SystemEDGE 5.8.2/5.9
  • CA Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8/12.9
  • CA Universal Job Management Agent 11.2
  • CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8/12.9
  • CA Workload Automation AE 11/11.3/11.3.5/11.3.6

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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Timelineinfo

12/02/2016 🔍
01/26/2017 +55 days 🔍
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01/27/2017 +1 days 🔍
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11/04/2022 +2107 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ca.com

Advisory: CA20170126-01: Security Notice for CA Common Services casrvc
Researcher: Kevin Kotas
Organization: NCC Group
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-9795 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-96085
SecurityFocus: 95819 - CA Common Services CVE-2016-9795 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-9795 - CA Technologies - Multiple Products - Privilege Escalation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1037730

Entryinfo

Created: 01/27/2017 15:11
Updated: 11/04/2022 11:24
Changes: 01/27/2017 15:11 (58), 08/31/2020 18:26 (7), 11/04/2022 11:24 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:680:103

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