CVE-2016-2985 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability affecting IBM Spectrum Scale and General Parallel File System (GPFS). It allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges by manipulating environment variables when executing a specific setuid program. With a CVSS score of 7.0 (HIGH), this vulnerability has a low attack complexity and can lead to 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.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.1.1.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.