Not a U.S. government website. NDD is an independent vulnerability database by Volerion and is not affiliated with or endorsed by NIST or NVD.

CVE-2016-2984 Details

Description

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 command-line parameters to a /usr/lpp/mmfs/bin/ setuid program.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:7 HIGHVector:CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving this site. These are references gathered from the official CVE record and are not endorsed by Volerion.

URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1007994	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92410	CVE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=ssg1S1007994	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92410	[email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
ibm spectrum scale	4.1.1.0 4.1.1.1 4.1.1.2 4.1.1.3 4.1.1.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.1.1.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:spectrum_scale:4.2.0.3:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
ibm general parallel file system	3.5.0.0 3.5.0.1 3.5.0.2 3.5.0.3 3.5.0.4
CPE cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.8:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.9:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.10:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.11:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.12:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.13:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.14:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.15:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.16:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.17:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.18:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.19:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.20:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.21:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.22:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.23:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.24:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.25:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.26:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.27:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.28:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.29:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.30:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:3.5.0.31:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.2:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.3:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.4:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.5:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.6:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.7:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:ibm:general_parallel_file_system:4.1.0.8:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
May 6, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 28, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Nov 25, 2016	Initial Analysis	[email protected]