{"id":"CVE-2016-4455","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4455","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:06.725Z","title":"The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.","description":"The Subscription Manager package (aka subscription-manager) before 1.17.7-1 for Candlepin uses weak permissions (755) for subscription-manager cache directories, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in the directories.","published":"2017-04-14T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:47:36.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.1","score":3.3,"severity":"LOW","vector":"CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation","redhat/subscription-manager"],"epss":{"score":0.00425,"percentile":0.36522,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"low","text":"Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2592.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-0698.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5","tags":["Mailing List","Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93926","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1038083","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525","tags":["Issue Tracking","Patch","Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/blob/subscription-manager-1.17.7-1/subscription-manager.spec","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4455","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}