CVE-2016-4982

MEDIUM

Teether Authd - Race Condition

Title source: rule

Description

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.

References (1)

[Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346051

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7

EPSS 0.0008

EPSS Percentile 23.0%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE

CWE-362

Status published

Products (2)

teether/authd

n/a/n/a

Published Jul 17, 2017

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026