PT-2017-8768 · Dracut+1 · Dracut+2

Published 2016-10-17 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2016-5759

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mkdumprd (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root by exploiting the mkdumprd script's call to "dracut" in the current working directory.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5759

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10892-1

SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1

SUSE-SU-2016_2553-1

Affected Products

Suse

Dracut

Mkdumprd

References · 22

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5759 · Security Note
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00083.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10892-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5759 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/976864 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/951844 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/943214 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/927451 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/989972 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/932339 · Note
• https://suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-5759 · Note
• http://lists.suse.com/pipermail/sle-security-updates/2016-October/002337.html · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/970708 · Note
• https://bugzilla.suse.com/984799 · Note