4.7med
CVE-2016-4982
authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creat…
Published 9 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
4.7
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.2%
percentile 7%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the key, and the chmod to protect it.
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
0.18% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 7% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 3.0 | 4.7 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | 2.0 | 1.9 | AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1346051 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2016-4982
- NVD: CVE-2016-4982
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