vulnwire
7.4high

CVE-2016-3699

The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allow…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
7.4
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.5%
percentile 43%
Public exploits
0
none known

The Linux kernel, as used in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2 and Red Hat Enterprise MRG 2 and when booted with UEFI Secure Boot enabled, allows local users to bypass intended Secure Boot restrictions and execute untrusted code by appending ACPI tables to the initrd.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.50% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 43% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.07.4CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.06.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Technology feeds
Linux kernel (RSS, critical only)

References

  • bugzilla.redhat.com /show_bug.cgi?id=1329653 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • github.com /mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • openwall.com /lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/4 · mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • rhn.redhat.com /errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_REDHAT, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/93114 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.