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CVE-2016-4445

Date: April 11, 2017

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Language: Python

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4445
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4445
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4445

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Command Injection

CWE-77

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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