NVD
- Id
- 83402
- Name
- CVE-2017-6516
- Description
- A Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability in MagniComp's Sysinfo before 10-H64 for Linux and UNIX platforms could allow a local attacker to gain elevated privileges. Parts of SysInfo require setuid-to-root access in order to access restricted system files and make restricted kernel calls. This access could be exploited by a local attacker to gain a root shell prompt using the right combination of environment variables and command line arguments.
- Reject
- CVSS Version
- 2
- CVSS Score
- 7.2
- Severity
- High
- CVSS Base Score
- 7.2
- CVSS Impact Subscore
- 10
- CVSS Exploit Subscore
- 3.9
- CVSS Vector
- (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
- Pub Date
- 2017-04-27
- Published
- 2017-03-14
- Modified Date
- 2017-03-30
- Seq
- 2017-6516