{ "CVE_data_meta": { "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org", "ID": "CVE-2016-9638", "STATE": "PUBLIC" }, "affects": { "vendor": { "vendor_data": [ { "product": { "product_data": [ { "product_name": "n/a", "version": { "version_data": [ { "version_value": "n/a" } ] } } ] }, "vendor_name": "n/a" } ] } }, "data_format": "MITRE", "data_type": "CVE", "data_version": "4.0", "description": { "description_data": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "In BMC Patrol before 9.13.10.02, the binary \"listguests64\" is configured with the setuid bit. However, when executing it, it will look for a binary named \"virsh\" using the PATH environment variable. The \"listguests64\" program will then run \"virsh\" using root privileges. This allows local users to elevate their privileges to root." } ] }, "problemtype": { "problemtype_data": [ { "description": [ { "lang": "eng", "value": "n/a" } ] } ] }, "references": { "reference_data": [ { "name": "1037385", "refsource": "SECTRACK", "url": "http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037385" }, { "name": "http://www.nes.fr/securitylab/index.php/2016/12/02/privilege-escalation-on-bmc-patrol", "refsource": "MISC", "url": "http://www.nes.fr/securitylab/index.php/2016/12/02/privilege-escalation-on-bmc-patrol" }, { "name": "95009", "refsource": "BID", "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95009" } ] } }