Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-5759

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

  • Published: Sep 8, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-5759
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: Medium
  • Score: 6.9
  • AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
novell / suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0-sp1 12.0-sp1.x
novell / suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0-sp1 12.0-sp1.x
opensuse / leap 42.1 42.1.x