CVE-2016-4445

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CVE-2016-4445

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CVE-2016-4445 at MITRE

Description

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.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	6.9
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Complete
Integrity Impact	Complete
Availability Impact	Complete

CVSS v3 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 984780 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Jun 15 15:00:59 2016
CVE page last modified: Wed Oct 26 19:58:50 2022