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CVE-2016-4982

Date: July 14, 2017

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (4)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4982
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4982
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346051
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-4982

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Race Conditions

CWE-362

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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