CVE-2016-5759

HIGH

mkdumprd - Local Privilege Escalation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

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

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Mailing List vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8
EPSS 0.0003
EPSS Percentile 8.8%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-20
Status published
Products (3)
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop 12.0 sp1
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server 12.0 sp1
opensuse/leap 42.1
Published Sep 08, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026