CVE-2016-2160

Privilege escalation when changing root password in sti builder image

Severity Score

8.8

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 and OpenShift Origin allow remote authenticated users to execute commands with root privileges by changing the root password in an sti builder image.

Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.2 y OpenShift Origin permiten a usuarios remotos autenticados ejecutar comandos con privilegios de root cambiando la contraseña de root en una imagen builder sti.

A flaw was found in the building of containers within OpenShift Enterprise. An attacker could submit an image for building that executes commands within the container as root, allowing them to potentially escalate privileges.

OpenShift Enterprise by Red Hat is the company's cloud computing Platform- as-a-Service solution designed for on-premise or private cloud deployments. Security Fix: A flaw was found in the building of containers within OpenShift Enterprise. An attacker could submit an image for building that executes commands within the container as root, allowing them to potentially escalate privileges.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

Low

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

High

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

Single

Confidentiality

Complete

Integrity

Complete

Availability

Complete

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-01-29 CVE Reserved
2016-05-13 CVE Published
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-264: Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CAPEC

References (4)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/openshift/origin/pull/7864	2016-06-09

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1064	2016-06-09
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1316127	2016-05-12
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-2160	2016-05-12

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Origin Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift Origin"				-		-		Affected
Redhat Search vendor "Redhat"		Openshift Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift"				3.2 Search vendor "Redhat" for product "Openshift" and version "3.2"		enterprise		Affected