FKIE_CVE-2016-5759

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2017-09-08 18:29 - Updated: 2025-04-20 01:37
Severity ?
7.8 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.
References
security@opentext.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html
security@opentext.comhttp://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-October/002337.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-October/002337.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
novell suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0
novell suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0
opensuse leap 42.1
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