CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-5759

7.8 HIGH Published 2017-09-08 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2017-09-08
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
6.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-20

Description

The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.

Affected configurations

• novell suse linux enterprise desktop 12.0 • novell suse linux enterprise server 12.0 • opensuse leap 42.1

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness

References