CVE-2016-3169
N/A
Published: April 12, 2016 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:45 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxDrupal
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
The User module in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 allows remote attackers to gain privileges by leveraging contributed or custom code that calls the user_save function with an explicit category and loads all roles into the array.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%6.06.0 beta16.0 beta26.0 beta36.0 beta46.0 dev6.0 rc16.0 rc26.0 rc36.0 rc46.16.106.116.126.136.146.156.166.176.186.196.26.206.216.226.236.246.256.266.276.286.296.36.306.316.326.336.346.356.366.376.46.56.66.76.86.97.07.0 alpha17.0 alpha27.0 alpha37.0 alpha47.0 alpha57.0 alpha67.0 alpha77.0 beta17.0 beta27.0 beta37.0 dev7.0 rc17.0 rc27.0 rc37.0 rc47.17.107.117.127.137.147.157.167.177.187.197.27.207.217.227.237.247.257.267.277.287.297.37.307.317.327.337.347.357.367.377.387.47.407.417.427.57.67.77.87.97.x-dev
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (4)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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