vulnerability

SUSE: CVE-2016-5759: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

Published

Oct 17, 2016

Added

Oct 17, 2016

Modified

Jun 20, 2021

Description

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

suse-upgrade-kdump

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