CVE-2016-6299

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

1.73% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 75.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

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

NVD CVSS vector

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

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

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

2017-04-14 18:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 01:22Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-07-26

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

Data version

5.1

Document digest

3e7ca0ed249cbf85736bfa1e8c0b1215b528a8f45f925841180fd36c9c97a085

• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375490x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-145afea99ehttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X5PH2YGYWYUAYPHK32SGUZGZXQEBEYNK/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5a12527790https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/VYLMPA5VLLX67DUJ6XLJ2TIW6CX2CFL4/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160913 CVE-2016-6299 mock: privilige escalation via mock-scmhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/13/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-34e61fa48dhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UFC4LU6GYYEVUK6LQ2FKUGMZXRTLLL5A/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• www.securityfocus.com92948http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92948vdb-entryx_refsource_BID