CVE-2016-7545
SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.
02 Description
SELinux policycoreutils allows local users to execute arbitrary commands outside of the sandbox via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call.
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
- 0.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 31.9% 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.
04 Metadata
- 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
05 Affected products
06 References
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0536http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0536.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160925 CVE-2016-7545 -- SELinux sandbox escapehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/25/1
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-b7e8e980efhttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPRNK3PWMAVNJZ53YW5GOEOGJSFNAQIF/
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2017:0535http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0535.html
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2016:2702http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2702.html
- www.securityfocus.com93156http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93156
- www.securitytracker.com1037283http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037283
- github.comhttps://github.com/SELinuxProject/selinux/commit/acca96a135a4d2a028ba9b636886af99c0915379
- marc.info[selinux] 20160923 [PATCH 2/2] sandbox: create a new session for sandboxed processeshttps://marc.info/?l=selinux&m=147465160112766&w=2
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- policycoreutils Fixed in 2.5-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- policycoreutils Fixed in 2.5-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- policycoreutils Fixed in 2.5-3
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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