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CVE-2016-4446

• 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_execstack plugin for setroubleshoot allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by triggering an execstack SELinux denial with a crafted filename, related to the commands.getoutput 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 -

References

• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91427
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339250
• https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/eaccf4c0d20a27d3df5ff6de8c9dcc80f6f40718
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html
• http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/575
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91427
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036144
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1339250

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