Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5424

RCE

Title: Postgresql RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5424.

CWE Category CWE-94
Published Date Dec 09, 2016
Modified Date May 06, 2026
Exploit Status Not Found
Score 7.1 CVSS v3.0
Exploit Probability (EPSS)
4.61%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5424: PostgreSQL before 9.1.23, 9.2.x before 9.2.18, 9.3.x before 9.3.14, 9.4.x before 9.4.9, and 9.5.x before 9.5.4 might allow remote authenticated users with the CREATEDB or CREATEROLE role to gain superuser privileges via a (1) " (double quote), (2) \ (backslash), (3) carriage return, or (4) newline character in a (a) database or (b) role name that is mishandled during an administrative operation.

Impacted Vendors

P
postgresql 1
A
anynines 1

Reference Links

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1781.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1820.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1821.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2606.html http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3646 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92435 http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036617 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2425 https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-33 https://www.postgresql.org/about/news/1688/ https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-1-23.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-2-18.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-3-14.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-4-9.html https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/release-9-5-4.html
CVSS v3.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity HIGH
7.1
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
N/A
Interaction
REQUIRED
Confidentiality
N/A
Integrity
N/A
Availability
N/A
Scope
UNCHANGED
RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS v2.0
Source Entity [email protected]
Severity MEDIUM
4.6
Access Vector
N/A
Authentication
N/A
RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:H/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-5424 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector NETWORK
Complexity HIGH
Privileges N/A
Interaction REQUIRED
CVSS Vector String CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.