CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-2985

Published: Nov 25, 2016 | Modified: Jun 17, 2026
CVSS 3.x
7
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.9 MEDIUM
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
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IBM Spectrum Scale 4.1.1.x before 4.1.1.8 and 4.2.x before 4.2.0.4 and General Parallel File System (GPFS) 3.5.x before 3.5.0.32 and 4.1.x before 4.1.1.8 allow local users to gain privileges via crafted environment variables to a /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/ setuid program.

Affected Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.0 (including)4.1.1.0 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.1 (including)4.1.1.1 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.2 (including)4.1.1.2 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.3 (including)4.1.1.3 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.4 (including)4.1.1.4 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.5 (including)4.1.1.5 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.6 (including)4.1.1.6 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.7 (including)4.1.1.7 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.1.1.8 (including)4.1.1.8 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.2.0.0 (including)4.2.0.0 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.2.0.1 (including)4.2.0.1 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.2.0.2 (including)4.2.0.2 (including)
Spectrum_scaleIbm4.2.0.3 (including)4.2.0.3 (including)

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