CVE-2016-5087 — Alertus Desktop Notification before 2.9.31.1710 on OS X uses weak permissions for configuration files and unspecified other files, which allows local users to suppress emergency notifications or change content via standard filesystem operations

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MEDIUM

Alertus Desktop Notification before 2.9.31.1710 on OS X uses weak permissions for configuration files and unspecified other files, which allows local users to suppress emergency notifications or change content via standard filesystem operations

Published Jun 26, 2016

4.4

MEDIUM

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.62%

Description

Alertus Desktop Notification before 2.9.31.1710 on OS X uses weak permissions for configuration files and unspecified other files, which allows local users to suppress emergency notifications or change content via standard filesystem operations.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.62% 0.00621

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

EPSS probability 0.00621

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 (9 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.62% (0.00621)	47.84th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.62% (0.00621)	44.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.08% (0.00079)	21.04th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00042)	0.34th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00042)	0.50th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-264

References (2)

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/302544
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-A9TJHR
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Link	Providers	Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/302544		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/BLUU-A9TJHR		x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner certcc

Published Jun 26, 2016

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved May 26, 2016

Link CVE-2016-5087

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2016-5087

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2016-5087