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CVE-2016-4984

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-4984 describes a race condition in the openldap-servers package, specifically in the generate-server-cert.sh script, affecting OpenLDAP and Red Hat Enterprise Linux. This vulnerability allows a local attacker to obtain the TLS certificate due to weak permissions set during its creation before proper chmod protection. It has a CVSS v3 score of 4.7 (MEDIUM), indicating a low-privilege local attack with high complexity to achieve high confidentiality impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:openldap:openldap-servers:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
0.15%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
4.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0015 is in the 31st percentile among its peer group of 1,297 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 (3)

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

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-4984Low

openldap-servers: /usr/libexec/openldap/generate-server-cert.sh create world readable password file

Jun 13, 2016

References

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