CVE-2016-4445

HighCVSS 7.0/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

The fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 7.0/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-77

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183Issue Tracking
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7Patch
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575Exploit, Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183Issue Tracking
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7Patch
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.htmlThird Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Apr 11, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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