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Fencer Vulns
high 7.8

CVE-2016-5759 json

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

published 2017-09-08 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-6694

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.4%
EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 32%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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

Patch / fix

  • kdump SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES 12 SP1, SLED 12 SP1 0.8.15-29.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:2553-1

  • kdump openSUSE Tumbleweed 0.9.1-3.2

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:10892-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2016-5759 updated cvss 7.3

kexec-tools: mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 kexec-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 kexec-tools Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 kexec-tools, kexec-tools-eppic, kexec-tools-anaconda-addon
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.38% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 32% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 6.9 AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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