Medium severity · published Jul 27, 2018
CVE-2016-9595
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files
5.5
CVSS
0.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
A flaw was found in katello-debug before 3.4.0 where certain scripts and log files used insecure temporary files. A local user could exploit this flaw to conduct a symbolic-link attack, allowing them to overwrite the contents of arbitrary files.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)0.4% · higher than 34% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
KA
Katello · Theforeman
before 3.4.0 · source: NVD
SA
Satellite · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
SC
Satellite Capsule · Redhat
6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9595
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-9595
Third Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:0336
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-9595
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