CVE-2016-1542 describes an authorization bypass vulnerability in the RPC API of the RSCD agent within BMC BladeLogic Server Automation (BSA) versions 8.2.x through 8.7.x on Linux and UNIX systems. This flaw allows unauthenticated remote attackers to enumerate users by sending a specific action packet after an authorization failure. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.5 (High), this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to full confidentiality compromise. While not listed on the KEV catalog, exploit modules are publicly available in Metasploit and ExploitDB, indicating a high potential for exploitation, despite a lack of community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
8.2.02CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.03CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.03:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.2.04CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.2.04:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3.00CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.3.01CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:bmc:bladelogic_server_automation_console:8.3.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.