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CVE-2016-2867

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-2867 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in IBM InfoSphere Streams before 4.0.1.2 and IBM Streams before 4.1.1.1. The flaw lies in the improper implementation of the runAsUser feature, allowing local users to gain root group privileges through unspecified vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a local attack vector, high attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.0.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:infosphere_streams:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 4.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:streams:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
17.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0026 is in the 47th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 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 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

www-01.ibm.com / support/docview.wss
PatchVendor Advisory