CVE-2016-3176

Severity Score

5.6

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Salt before 2015.5.10 and 2015.8.x before 2015.8.8, when PAM external authentication is enabled, allows attackers to bypass the configured authentication service by passing an alternate service with a command sent to LocalClient.

Salt en versiones anteriores a 2015.5.10 y 2015.8.x en versiones anteriores a 2015.8.8, cuando la autenticación externa de PAM está habilitada, permite a atacantes eludir el servicio de autenticación configurado pasando un servicio alternativo con un comando enviado a LocalClient.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

Low

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2016-03-15 CVE Reserved
2017-01-31 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-05 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-287: Improper Authentication

CAPEC

References (2)

URL	Tag	Source

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.5.10.html	2017-02-07
https://docs.saltstack.com/en/latest/topics/releases/2015.8.8.html	2017-02-07

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				<= 2015.5.9 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version " <= 2015.5.9"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.0 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.0"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.1 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.1"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.2 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.2"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.3 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.3"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.4 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.4"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.5 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.5"		-		Affected
Saltstack Search vendor "Saltstack"		Salt Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt"				2015.8.7 Search vendor "Saltstack" for product "Salt" and version "2015.8.7"		-		Affected