CVE-2016-4989
Red Hat Setroubleshoot Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
Description
setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, which is handled by the _set_tpath function in audit_data.py or via a crafted (2) local_id or (3) analysis_id field in a crafted XML document to the run_fix function in SetroubleshootFixit.py, related to the subprocess.check_output and commands.getstatusoutput functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4445.
INFO
Published Date :
April 11, 2017, 6:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 17, 2017, 4:36 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
No
Impact Score :
5.9
Exploitability Score :
1.0
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2016-4989
vulnerability.
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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2016-4989.
| URL | Resource |
|---|---|
| http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
| http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144 | Patch Third Party Advisory |
| https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293 | Third Party Advisory |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461 | Issue Tracking |
| https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f | Patch |
| https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad | Patch |
| https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html | Third Party Advisory |
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CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Apr. 17, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) Added CVSS V3 AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f No Types Assigned https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f Patch Changed Reference Type http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144 No Types Assigned http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144 Patch, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574 No Types Assigned http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461 No Types Assigned https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461 Issue Tracking Changed Reference Type https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html No Types Assigned https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad No Types Assigned https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad Patch Added CWE CWE-77 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:setroubleshoot_project:setroubleshoot:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous) Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-4989 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-4989
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.04 }} 0.00%
score
0.05635
percentile