CVE-2016-7545

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

0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 31.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

8.8 (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:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

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

Red Hat severity

Important. 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

2017-01-19 20:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-09-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-284Improper Access ControlPillar

Data version

5.1

Document digest

39edda9ca11ae019ce42ae29b5bc38c0f4cacfb9df7896f194790bd3cd0c2dc0

• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0536http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0536.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160925 CVE-2016-7545 -- SELinux sandbox escapehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/25/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b7e8e980efhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPRNK3PWMAVNJZ53YW5GOEOGJSFNAQIF/vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0535http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0535.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2702http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2702.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.securityfocus.com93156http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93156vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.securitytracker.com1037283http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037283vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• github.comhttps://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/acca96a135a4d2a028ba9b636886af99c0915379x_refsource_CONFIRM
• marc.info[selinux] 20160923 [PATCH 2/2] sandbox: create a new session for sandboxed processeshttps://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=147465160112766&w=2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST