CVE-2016-4445

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 fix_lookup_id function in sealert in setroubleshoot before 3.2.23 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands as root by triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, related to executing external commands with 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/91430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91430
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339183
https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/2d12677629ca319310f6263688bb1b7f676c01b7
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html

Get alerted when CVE-2016-4445 or the next vulnerability affects your stack