CVE-2016-2867 — IBM InfoSphere Streams before 4.0.1.2 and IBM Streams before 4.1.1.1 do not properly implement the runAsUser feature, which allows local users to obtain root group privileges via unspecified vectors

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HIGH

IBM InfoSphere Streams before 4.0.1.2 and IBM Streams before 4.1.1.1 do not properly implement the runAsUser feature, which allows local users to obtain root group privileges via unspecified vectors

Published Jul 2, 2016

7.0

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.26%

Description

IBM InfoSphere Streams before 4.0.1.2 and IBM Streams before 4.1.1.1 do not properly implement the runAsUser feature, which allows local users to obtain root group privileges via unspecified vectors.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.26% 0.00258

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00258

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (9 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.26% (0.00258)	15.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.26% (0.00258)	16.89th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.04% (0.00039)	8.86th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	5.07th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	5.63th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-254

References (1)

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983444
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21983444		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner ibm

Published Jul 2, 2016

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Mar 9, 2016

Link CVE-2016-2867

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-2867

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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