Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-5759

Title: Opensuse Leap Improper Input Validation

Input Validation Error

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-5759.

CWE Category CWE-20

Published Date Sep 08, 2017

Modified Date May 13, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 7.8 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

0.03%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-5759: The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.

Impacted Vendors

Reference Links

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

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

7.8

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

NONE

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

6.9

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns