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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2016-9772

Medium
5.3/10

Summary

OpenAFS 1.6.19 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive directory information via vectors involving the (1) client cache partition, (2) fileserver vice partition, or (3) certain RPC responses.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published