CVE-2016-2160
CVE-2016-2160 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin, allowing remote authenticated users to gain root privileges by manipulating the root password within an STI builder image. This vulnerability carries a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (HIGH), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
Impacted Technologies
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift_origin:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
CVSS Data
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Exploit Intelligence
Social Chatter
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
Media Mentions
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.