CVE-2016-3738 describes a critical vulnerability in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2, where improper access restrictions on STI builds allow authenticated users to access the Docker socket. This flaw enables remote attackers to gain elevated privileges through build-pod related vectors. With a CVSS v3 score of 8.8 (High), the vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and user privileges, leading to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered some community discussion, indicating awareness within the cybersecurity community.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:redhat:openshift:3.2:*:*:*:enterprise:*:*:* |
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
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