CVE-2016-4484

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

0.71% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 51.0% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

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.

Published

2017-01-23 21:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 00:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-05-04

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-287Improper AuthenticationClass
• CWE-391Unchecked Error ConditionBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

59575aab7829f0f07190f049b881876141930a614e40891044991c9dabadc22f

• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161114 CVE-2016-4484: - Cryptsetup Initrd root Shellhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/14/13mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• hmarco.orghttp://hmarco.org/bugs/CVE-2016-4484/CVE-2016-4484_cryptsetup_initrd_shell.htmlx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161115 Re: CVE-2016-4484: - Cryptsetup Initrd root Shell - Update: Dracut is also vulnerablehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161115 Re: [FD] CVE-2016-4484: - Cryptsetup Initrd root Shellhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/15/4mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.securityfocus.com94315http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94315vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• gitlab.comhttps://gitlab.com/cryptsetup/cryptsetup/commit/ef8a7d82d8d3716ae9b58179590f7908981fa0cbx_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161116 Re: CVE-2016-4484: - Cryptsetup Initrd root Shellhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/16/6mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST