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CVE-2016-4980

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4980 describes a password generation weakness in xquest through 2016-06-13, affecting various distributions including ethz, fedoraproject, and redhat enterprise_linux and fedora. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.5, indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity, requiring low privileges, and resulting in a low impact on integrity with no confidentiality or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2016-06-13CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:ethz:xquest:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
23CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
6.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

2.5LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
LOW
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
1.4
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.32%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
24.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0032 is in the 78th percentile among its peer group of 223 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: xguest
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: xguest

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4980Low

xguest insecure password creation

Jun 13, 2016

References

access.redhat.com / security/cve/cve-2016-4980
Third Party Advisory
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory
lists.fedoraproject.org / archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AVW2QJFNZUZYBN4M4YUE7S2NZBWWMGES