CVE-2016-7787
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.
02 Description
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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.66% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 76.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 4.9 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-12-23 22:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 02:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 8866ea54e472be942babe010ad3484ea2ec494ec21d75632a989bb28f556b8b8
05 Affected products
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2495http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00031.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2016:2498http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-10/msg00034.html
- www.securityfocus.com93224http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93224
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160929 Re: kdesu vulnerability: need CVEhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/29/7
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- kde-cli-tools Fixed in 4:5.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- kde-cli-tools Fixed in 4:5.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- kde-cli-tools Fixed in 4:5.8.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- kde-cli-tools Fixed in 4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
A release or ecosystem missing from this list has no record here. It may be unaffected or not covered by the source. Source notices and licences.