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Vulnerability record · CVE-2016-9796 · published 3 December 2016

CVE-2016-9796: Alcatel-lucent omnivista 8770 network management system permissions and access controls vulnerability

AAlcatel Lucent · Omnivista 8770 Network Management System

Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 8770 2.0 through 3.0 exposes different ORBs interfaces, which can be queried using the GIOP protocol on TCP port 30024. An attacker can bypass authentication, and OmniVista invokes methods (AddJobSet, AddJob, and ExecuteNow) that can be used to run arbitrary commands on the server, with the privilege of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the server. NOTE: The discoverer states "The vendor position is to refer to the technical guidelines of the product security deployment to mitigate this issue, which means applying proper firewall rules to prevent unauthorised clients to connect to the OmniVista server."

9.8 CVSS 3.0 Critical EPSS 13% · top 3.7% CWE-264 · Permissions and access controlsCWE-287 · Improper authentication
9.8CVSS 3.0 base score, v2 10.0
13%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
10References, 4 tagged exploit
17 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

Description

Alcatel-Lucent OmniVista 8770 2.0 through 3.0 exposes different ORBs interfaces, which can be queried using the GIOP protocol on TCP port 30024. An attacker can bypass authentication, and OmniVista invokes methods (AddJobSet, AddJob, and ExecuteNow) that can be used to run arbitrary commands on the server, with the privilege of NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM on the server. NOTE: The discoverer states "The vendor position is to refer to the technical guidelines of the product security deployment to mitigate this issue, which means applying proper firewall rules to prevent unauthorised clients to connect to the OmniVista server."

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://blog.malerisch.net/2016/12/alcatel-omnivista-8770-unauth-rce-giop-corba.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94649
https://github.com/malerisch/omnivista-8770-unauth-rce Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40862/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq37lQKa9sk Exploit
http://blog.malerisch.net/2016/12/alcatel-omnivista-8770-unauth-rce-giop-corba.html ExploitThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94649
https://github.com/malerisch/omnivista-8770-unauth-rce Third Party Advisory
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40862/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aq37lQKa9sk Exploit

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2016-9796), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-26). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.