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CVE-2016-4444

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4444 describes a local arbitrary command execution vulnerability in the allow_execmod plugin of setroubleshoot before version 3.2.23, affecting various Red Hat Enterprise Linux products. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) allows a local attacker with low privileges to execute commands by triggering an execmod SELinux denial with a specially crafted binary filename, leveraging the commands.getstatusoutput function. While the potential impact includes high confidentiality, integrity, and availability compromise, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 3.2.22CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:setroubleshoot_project:setroubleshoot:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_desktop:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_hpc_node:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_server:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux_workstation:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.47%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
38.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0047 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 1,516 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (6)

github_advisorypatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: setroubleshoot-0:3.0.47-12.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: setroubleshoot-plugins-0:3.0.40-3.1.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: setroubleshoot-0:3.2.24-4.el7_2
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: setroubleshoot-plugins-0:3.0.59-2.el7_2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4444Important

setroubleshoot-plugins: insecure commands.getstatusoutput use in the allow_execmod plugin

Jun 21, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1293
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
seclists.org / oss-sec/2016/q2/575
ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/5cd60033ea7f5bdf8c19c27b23ea2d773d9b09f5
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91476
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036144
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry