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CVE-2016-4982

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4982 describes a race condition vulnerability in teether authd where weak permissions are temporarily set for /etc/ident.key, allowing local users to potentially obtain this key. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.7 (Medium), indicating a local attack vector with high attack complexity but a high impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available, with minimal community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
Range not provided by sourceCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:teether:authd:-:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

4.7MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.18%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
7.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0018 is in the 41st percentile among its peer group of 1,296 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

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

Remediation

Vendor Patches (4)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: authd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: authd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: authd
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: authd

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4982Low

authd insecure /etc/ident.key file creation

Jun 13, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party Advisory