CVE-2016-7035

pacemaker: Privilege escalation due to improper guarding of IPC communication

Published Sep 10, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 8.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An authorization flaw was found in Pacemaker before 1.1.16, where it did not properly guard its IPC interface. An attacker with an unprivileged account on a Pacemaker node could use this flaw to, for example, force the Local Resource Manager daemon to execute a script as root and thereby gain root access on the machine.

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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-7920 An authorization flaw was found in Pacemaker before 1.1.16, where it did not properly guard its IPC interface. An attacker with an unprivileged account on a Pacemaker node could use this flaw to, for example, force the Local Resource Manager daemon to execute a script as root and thereby gain root access on the machine.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3462-1 Pacemaker vulnerabilities
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 1:50 AM
Reserved
Aug 23, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Sep 10, 2018, 4:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:52 AM
Severity
Important
Public date
Nov 3, 2016, 12:00 AM