6.5 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.0004 Low
EPSS
Percentile
5.1%
apinit on Cray devices with CLE before 4.2.UP02 and 5.x before 5.1.UP00 does not use alpsauth data to validate the UID in a launch message, which allows local users to gain privileges via a modified aprun program, aka ID FN5912.
labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/2014/01/31/cray-aprunapinit-privilege-escalation/