What is CVE-2016-3989?

CVE-2016-3989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.

How severe is CVE-2016-3989?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.

Is CVE-2016-3989 known to be exploited?

1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Vulnerability in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000

CVE-2016-3989

The NTP time-server interface on Meinberg IMS-LANTIME M3000, IMS-LANTIME M1000, IMS-LANTIME M500, LANTIME M900, LANTIME M600, LANTIME M400, LANTIME M300, LANTIME M200, LANTIME M100, SyncFire 1100, and LCES devices with firmware before 6.20.004 allows remote authenticated users to obtain root privileges for writing to unspecified scripts, and consequently obtain sensitive information or modify data, by leveraging access to the nobody account.

EPSS: 0.051 (91.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 8.1 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

Public proof-of-concept exploits

securifera/CVE-2016-3962-Exploit

References

cve@mitre.org (exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB)
cve@mitre.org (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-3989?: CVE-2016-3989 is a high-severity vulnerability in Meinberg Ims-Lantime M1000, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 8.1/10. Published 2016-07-03.
How severe is CVE-2016-3989?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.1 out of 10.
Is CVE-2016-3989 known to be exploited?: 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.