CVE-2016-4989
setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an…
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- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 11 months later
· 11 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | High7.0 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1267 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160621 SELinux troubles (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- RHSA-2016:1293 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 1036144 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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