CVE-2016-4471 — cfme: Privilege escalation causing arbitrary code execution

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HIGH

cfme: Privilege escalation causing arbitrary code execution

Published Jun 8, 2017

8.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 2.31%

Description

ManageIQ in CloudForms before 4.1 allows remote authenticated users to execute arbitrary code.

Affected products

CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

cfme-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

cfme-appliance-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

cfme-gemset-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

prince-0:9.0r2-10.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pglogical-0:1.0.1-3.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pglogical-output-0:1.0.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-bcrypt-0:3.1.10-3.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-escape_utils-0:1.1.0-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-eventmachine-0:1.0.7-6.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-ffi-0:1.9.8-4.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-hamlit-0:2.0.2-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-http_parser.rb-0:0.6.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-0:1.8.2-9.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-linux_block_device-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-memory_buffer-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-net_app_manageability-0:0.1.0-3.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-nio4r-0:1.2.1-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.6.2-3.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-pg-0:0.18.2-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-0:2.0.13-4.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-puma-0:3.3.0-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_cfme-0:1.0.3-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:0.0.6-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-rugged-0:0.23.3-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.6.3-2.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-unf_ext-0:0.0.7.1-3.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

rh-ruby22-rubygem-websocket-driver-0:0.6.3-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

smem-0:1.4-1.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6

wmi-0:1.3.14-6.el7cf

Fixed · RHBA-2016:1348

Product	Package	State	Advisory
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	cfme-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	cfme-appliance-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	cfme-gemset-0:5.6.0.13-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	prince-0:9.0r2-10.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pglogical-0:1.0.1-3.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-postgresql94-postgresql-pglogical-output-0:1.0.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-bcrypt-0:3.1.10-3.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-escape_utils-0:1.1.0-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-eventmachine-0:1.0.7-6.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-ffi-0:1.9.8-4.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-hamlit-0:2.0.2-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-http_parser.rb-0:0.6.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-json-0:1.8.2-9.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-linux_block_device-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-memory_buffer-0:0.1.0-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-net_app_manageability-0:0.1.0-3.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-nio4r-0:1.2.1-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-nokogiri-0:1.6.6.2-3.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-pg-0:0.18.2-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-psych-0:2.0.13-4.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-puma-0:3.3.0-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_cfme-0:1.0.3-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-redhat_access_lib-0:0.0.6-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-rugged-0:0.23.3-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-thin-0:1.6.3-2.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-unf_ext-0:0.0.7.1-3.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	rh-ruby22-rubygem-websocket-driver-0:0.6.3-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	smem-0:1.4-1.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348
CloudForms Management Engine 5.6	wmi-0:1.3.14-6.el7cf	Fixed	RHBA-2016:1348

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.31% 0.02305

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02305

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (17 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.31% (0.02305)	82.71th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.31% (0.02305)	81.02th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 30, 2025	1.64% (0.01639)	80.24th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 29, 2025	5.47% (0.05470)	83.28th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Mar 17, 2025	1.64% (0.01639)	80.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00206)	59.47th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jan 10, 2024	0.21% (0.00206)	58.52th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Aug 4, 2023	0.21% (0.00212)	58.35th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 8, 2023	0.23% (0.00226)	59.33th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 24, 2023	0.19% (0.00187)	54.49th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.26% (0.00260)	61.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.17% (0.02166)	80.16th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 13, 2023	2.17% (0.02166)	79.66th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2023	2.26% (0.02260)	80.78th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.17% (0.02166)	78.21th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Mar 5, 2022	2.17% (0.02166)	57.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.98% (0.01978)	56.34th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (5)

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4471
Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340763
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/pull/7856
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4471
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4471

Link	Providers	Tags
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-4471		Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1340763		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/ManageIQ/manageiq/pull/7856		x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-4471
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-4471

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner redhat

Published Jun 8, 2017

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 2, 2016

Link CVE-2016-4471

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-4471

Red Hat

Severity Low

Public date Aug 12, 2016

Links CVE-2016-4471 - Bugzilla