CVE-2016-4455

low
Published 2017-04-14 · Modified 2026-05-13
CVSS v3
3.3
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
3.3

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
34%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://github.com/candlepin/subscription-manager/commit/9dec31

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340525

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/26/5

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
redhat rhel6.0affected
redhat rhel7.0affected

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
redhatsubscription-manager{"endIncluding":"1.17.6-1"}

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.