PT-2017-8768
CVE-2016-5759
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Published
2016-10-17
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Updated
2024-06-15
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV: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.
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