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CVE-2016-4444

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2017-04-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

Description

The allow_execmod plugin for setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execmod SELinux denial with a crafted binary filename, related to the commands.getstatusoutput function.

Affected products

• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 7.0
• Setroubleshoot Project Setroubleshoot: through 3.2.22

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91476
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332644
• https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/5cd60033ea7f5bdf8c19c27b23ea2d773d9b09f5
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91476
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1332644

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