CVE-2016-9795

The casrvc program in CA Common Services, as used in CA Client Automation 12.8, 12.9, and 14.0; CA SystemEDGE 5.8.2 and 5.9; CA Systems Performance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Universal Job Management Agent 11.2; CA Virtual Assurance for Infrastructure Managers 12.8 and 12.9; CA Workload Automation AE 11, 11.3, 11.3.5, and 11.3.6 on AIX, HP-UX, Linux, and Solaris allows local users to modify arbitrary files and consequently gain root privileges via vectors related to insufficient validation.

CVSS v3.1 NVD

7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 NVD

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 44th percentile

Published

2017-01-27

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• blogresponder/CA-Common-Services-privilege-escalation-cve-2016-9795-revisited0★ · 2020-12-29

Security advisories

• https://www.ca.com/us/services-support/ca-support/ca-support-online/product-content/recom…
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/540062/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95819
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037730

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry