01 Record

CVE-2016-4455

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain

03 Exploitation and scoring

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: 0.42% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 36.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 3.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. 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.

04 Metadata

Published

2017-04-14 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-02

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

eb0c2b144f435aec5a5fb6c3511d9e4a39408141f63044e030916f0db737c17a

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

redhatenterprise_linuxNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_desktopNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_hpc_nodeNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_serverNot specified—

redhatenterprise_linux_workstationNot specified—

redhatsubscription-managerNot specified—

06 References

bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525x_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securitytracker.com1038083http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161026 CVE-2016-4455: subscription-manager: incorrect permisions in /var/lib/rhsm/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.securityfocus.com93926http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2592http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
github.comhttps://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31x_refsource_CONFIRM
github.comhttps://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.specx_refsource_CONFIRM
rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0698http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT