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CVE-2016-5759

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-09-08 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: 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 products

• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: 12.0-sp1
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html
• http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-October/002337.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html
• http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-October/002337.html

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