CVE-2016-0766 is a high-severity privilege escalation vulnerability affecting PostgreSQL versions prior to 9.1.20, 9.2.15, 9.3.11, 9.4.6, and 9.5.1, specifically impacting custom configuration settings for PL/Java. An authenticated attacker can exploit this flaw over the network with low complexity to gain full control over the affected system, leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 9.1.0, < 9.1.20CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2, < 9.2.15CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.3, < 9.3.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.4, < 9.4.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.