CWE Code: 190
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Integer Overflow or Wraparound
Summary: an exploitable integer overflow exists in the joyent smartos 20161110t013148z hyprlofs file system. the vulnerability is present in the ioctl system call with the command hyprlofs_add_entries when dealing with native file systems. an attacker can craft an input that can cause a kernel panic and potentially be leveraged into a full privilege escalation vulnerability. this vulnerability is distinct from cve-2016-9031.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2016-12-14
Last Modified Date: 2016-12-22