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CVE-2016-7787

Date: December 23, 2016

A maliciously crafted command line for kdesu can result in the user only seeing part of the commands that will actually get executed as super user.

Severity Score

4.9

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7787

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93224

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-7787

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00031.html

Url: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00034.html

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-7787

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-7787

Severity Score

4.9

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')

CWE-94

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.9
Attack Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	HIGH
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.0
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	SINGLE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	NONE
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