CVSS 3.0
6.7 mediumCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:HCVE-2017-6516
Medium (6.7) in magnicomp sysinfo. EPSS 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.
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.
Severity
- EPSS
- 5.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 92% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-20
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- magnicomp:sysinfo
References
- http://www.magnicomp.com/support/cve/CVE-2017-6516.shtml
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/96934
- https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/magnicomps-sysinfo-root-setuid-local-privilege-escalation-vulnerability/
- https://labs.mwrinfosecurity.com/advisories/multiple-vulnerabilities-in-magnicomps-sysinfo-root-setuid/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44150/