CVE-2016-5759: Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Desktop: version 12.0 only
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: version 12.0 only
• Opensuse Leap: version 42.1 only

Published 2017-09-08. Last modified 2026-06-17.