A permissions flaw was found in redis, which sets weak permissions on certain files and directories that could potentially contain sensitiv…

Published 8 y ago 2018-10-31 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

4.0

v3.0 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

0.4%

percentile 32%

Public exploits

none known

A permissions flaw was found in redis, which sets weak permissions on certain files and directories that could potentially contain sensitive information. A local, unprivileged user could possibly use this flaw to access unauthorized system information.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.37% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CNA	3.0	4.0	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
CNA	3.0	4.0	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N`
NVD	3.0	5.5	`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N`
NVD	2.0	2.1	`AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`

Affected products

[UNKNOWN] redis

Classification

Weakness

CWE-732 Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

References

access.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2017:3226 · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2121 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/94111 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2016-2121
NVD: CVE-2016-2121

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