CVE-2014-3038

low
Published 2014-06-08 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
3.6
VIR risk
3.6

Description

IBM SPSS Modeler 16.0 before 16.0.0.1 on UNIX does not properly drop group privileges, which allows local users to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging (1) gid 0 or (2) root's group memberships.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: psirt@us.ibm.com — http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21675043

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
ibmspss_modeler16.0.0.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.