CVE-2016-7787 (GCVE-0-2016-7787)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-12-23 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 02:04
VLAI
Summary
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
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-1… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93224 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
Date Public
2016-09-29 00:00
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