Description

PostgreSQL before 9.5.x before 9.5.2 does not properly maintain row-security status in cached plans, which might allow attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging a session that performs queries as more than one role.

INFO

Published Date :

April 11, 2016, 3:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

April 12, 2025, 10:46 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2193 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Postgresql postgresql

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2016-2193 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2016-2193 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=db69e58a0642ef7fa46d62f6c4cf2460c3a1b41b
    Added Reference http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/
    Added Reference http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=db69e58a0642ef7fa46d62f6c4cf2460c3a1b41b [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference Red Hat, Inc. http://git.postgresql.org/gitweb/?p=postgresql.git;a=commitdiff;h=db69e58a0642ef7fa46d62f6c4cf2460c3a1b41b
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Sep. 03, 2017

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035468 [No Types Assigned]
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 14, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:a:postgresql:postgresql:9.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
    Changed Reference Type http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/ No Types Assigned http://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1656/ Advisory, Patch
    Changed Reference Type http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html No Types Assigned http://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-2.html Advisory
    Added CWE CWE-254
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 13, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-2193 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-2193 weaknesses.

Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

1.53 }} 0.62%

score

0.79679

percentile

CVSS30 - Vulnerability Scoring System
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