CVE-2016-5759 (GCVE-0-2016-5759)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2017-09-08 18:00
Modified
2024-08-06 01:15
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The mkdumprd script called "dracut" in the current working directory "." allows local users to trick the administrator into executing code as root.
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