{"id":"CVE-2016-4989","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-4989","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T03:22:18.863Z","title":"setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, which is handled by the _set_tpath function in audit_data.py or via a…","description":"setroubleshoot allows local users to bypass an intended container protection mechanism and execute arbitrary commands by (1) triggering an SELinux denial with a crafted file name, which is handled by the _set_tpath function in audit_data.py or via a crafted (2) local_id or (3) analysis_id field in a crafted XML document to the run_fix function in SetroubleshootFixit.py, related to the subprocess.check_output and commands.getstatusoutput functions, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-4445.","published":"2017-04-11T18:59:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:48:34.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-77"],"affected":["setroubleshoot project/setroubleshoot","redhat/enterprise linux desktop","redhat/enterprise linux hpc node","redhat/enterprise linux server","redhat/enterprise linux workstation"],"epss":{"score":0.00458,"percentile":0.39452,"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":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.46%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad","tags":["Patch"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q2/574","tags":["Mailing List","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://securitytracker.com/id/1036144","tags":["Patch","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:1293","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346461","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/dda55aa50db95a25f0d919c3a0d5871827cdc40f","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/fedora-selinux/setroubleshoot/commit/e69378d7e82a503534d29c5939fa219341e8f2ad","tags":["Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1267.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4989","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."}