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CVE-2016-4446

23
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4446 describes a local command injection vulnerability in the allow_execstack plugin of setroubleshoot, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux and setroubleshoot project products. An authenticated local attacker can execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execstack SELinux denial with a specially crafted filename. This vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.0 (High), indicating high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, with high attack complexity. 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
<= -CPE 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 (5)

github_advisorypatch 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-2016-4446Important

setroubleshoot-plugins: insecure commands.getoutput use in the allow_execstack plugin

Jun 21, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016:1293
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue Tracking
seclists.org / oss-sec/2016/q2/575
ExploitMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
github.com / fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/eaccf4c0d20a27d3df5ff6de8c9dcc80f6f40718
Patch
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
Third Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/91427
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
securitytracker.com / id/1036144
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry