CVE-2016-4455

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Published 2017-04-14 · Modified 2026-05-13

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CVSS v3

3.3

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

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

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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OS impact

Red Hat Affected 2 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
7.0	Affected	—
6.0	Affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
redhat	subscription-manager	`{"endIncluding":"1.17.6-1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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