CVE-2016-5759
HIGHmkdumprd - Local Privilege Escalation
Title source: llmDescription
The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.
Scores
CVSS v3
7.8
EPSS
0.0003
EPSS Percentile
8.1%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Classification
CWE
CWE-20
Status
draft
Affected Products (3)
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_desktop
novell/suse_linux_enterprise_server
opensuse/leap
Timeline
Published
Sep 08, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026