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CVE-2016-7787

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.9 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-12-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

A maliciously crafted command line for kdesu can result in the user only seeing part of the commands that will actually get executed as super user.

Affected products

• Kde-Cli-Tools: all versions
• openSUSE Leap: 42.1
• Opensuse: 13.2

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00034.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93224
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00031.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00034.html
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93224

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