CVE-2016-4446

setroubleshoot-plugins: insecure commands.getoutput use in the allow_execstack plugin

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Severity

Important

Red Hat Product Security

6.9

CVSS 2.0

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Published · June 21, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

A shell command injection flaw was found in the way the setroubleshoot allow_execstack plugin executed external commands. A local attacker able to trigger an execstack SELinux denial could use this flaw to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 6.9
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-77 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')