CVE-2016-5404

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

2.60% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 85.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

2016-09-07 20:00Z10 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:01Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-06-10

Assigning CNA

redhat

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar
• CWE-285Improper AuthorizationClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0e3f10637c7995baac49ceda1affdbc7bece3ea6fad771ca774135717d1ad20b

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• git.fedorahosted.orghttps://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/freeipa.git/commit/?id=cf74584d0f772f3f5eccc1d30c001e4212a104fdx_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-f56c765d67https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/S5OROLKFSY5QRQS7NGBNDP5QMOBV3XMZ/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com92525http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92525vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160817 CVE-2016-5404 freeipa: Insufficient privileges check in certificate revocationhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/17/9mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
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