Arbitrary Group Creation Vulnerability in OpenAFS

CVE-2016-2860 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:S/C:N/I:P/A:N

The newEntry function in ptserver/ptprocs.c in OpenAFS before 1.6.17 allows remote authenticated users from foreign Kerberos realms to bypass intended access restrictions and create arbitrary groups as administrators by leveraging mishandling of the creator ID.

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