CVE-2016-2121

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.37% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 31.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2018-10-31 13:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-01-29

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Medium (CVSS 4.0)

CNA CVSS vector

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

Weaknesses

• CWE-732Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical ResourceClass
• CWE-264

Data version

5.1

Document digest

027f5dd4bc27e7469e10e35603cc2a6830d4f863141ac13c39b53ab157e20158

• access.redhat.comRHSA-2017:3226https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3226vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2121x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com94111http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94111vdb-entryx_refsource_BID