Attacker Value
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
Exploitability
Unknown
(0 users assessed)
User Interaction
Required
Privileges Required
Low
Attack Vector
Network
0

CVE-2016-5424

Disclosure Date: December 09, 2016 •
CVE-2016-5424 CVSS v3 Base Score: 7.1
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Description

PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) “ (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

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CVSS V3 Severity and Metrics
Base Score:
7.1 High
Impact Score:
5.9
Exploitability Score:
1.2
Vector:
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector (AV):
Network
Attack Complexity (AC):
High
Privileges Required (PR):
Low
User Interaction (UI):
Required
Scope (S):
Unchanged
Confidentiality (C):
High
Integrity (I):
High
Availability (A):
High

General Information

Offensive Application
Unknown
Utility Class
Unknown
Ports
Unknown
OS
Unknown
Vulnerable Versions
n/a
Prerequisites
Unknown
Discovered By
Unknown
PoC Author
Unknown
Metasploit Module
Unknown
Reporter
Unknown

Vendors

  • debian,
  • postgresql

Products

  • debian linux 8.0,
  • postgresql,
  • postgresql 9.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.1,
  • postgresql 9.2.10,
  • postgresql 9.2.11,
  • postgresql 9.2.12,
  • postgresql 9.2.13,
  • postgresql 9.2.14,
  • postgresql 9.2.15,
  • postgresql 9.2.16,
  • postgresql 9.2.17,
  • postgresql 9.2.2,
  • postgresql 9.2.3,
  • postgresql 9.2.4,
  • postgresql 9.2.5,
  • postgresql 9.2.6,
  • postgresql 9.2.7,
  • postgresql 9.2.8,
  • postgresql 9.2.9,
  • postgresql 9.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.1,
  • postgresql 9.3.10,
  • postgresql 9.3.11,
  • postgresql 9.3.12,
  • postgresql 9.3.13,
  • postgresql 9.3.2,
  • postgresql 9.3.3,
  • postgresql 9.3.4,
  • postgresql 9.3.5,
  • postgresql 9.3.6,
  • postgresql 9.3.7,
  • postgresql 9.3.8,
  • postgresql 9.3.9,
  • postgresql 9.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.1,
  • postgresql 9.4.2,
  • postgresql 9.4.3,
  • postgresql 9.4.4,
  • postgresql 9.4.5,
  • postgresql 9.4.6,
  • postgresql 9.4.7,
  • postgresql 9.4.8,
  • postgresql 9.5,
  • postgresql 9.5.1,
  • postgresql 9.5.2,
  • postgresql 9.5.3
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