CVE-2016-9167 (GCVE-0-2016-9167)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-03-23 06:36 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:42
VLAI
Summary
NDSD in Novell eDirectory before 9.0.2 did not calculate ACLs on LDAP objects across partition boundaries correctly, which could lead to a privilege escalation by modifying user attributes that would otherwise be filtered by an ACL.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • privilege escalation
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a Novell eDirectory Affected: Novell eDirectory
Date Public
2017-03-23 00:00
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