THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2016-6115
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2016-6115

General Parallel File System vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
4.0%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
IBM General Parallel File System is vulnerable to a buffer overflow. A remote authenticated attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system with root privileges or cause the server to crash.
Affected vendor
Ibm
Affected product
General Parallel File System
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within Memory Bounds
Published
2017-02-01

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring high privileges, no user interaction. Successful exploitation leads to high impact to confidentiality, high impact to integrity, high impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.0% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2016-6115

  • Confirm whether Ibm General Parallel File System is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2016-6115.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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