CVE-2016-8637
CVE-2016-8637
Vexday Risk Score
13Low
SSVC decision (CISA)
Track
No exploitation signal → monitor
CVSS 5EPSS 0.3%KEV nãoPoC —Nuclei —Metasploit —Patch —
Lifecycle
01 Aug 2018Published on NVD
Recommendation: Monitor — no exploitation signal at the moment.
A local information disclosure issue was found in dracut before 045 when generating initramfs images with world-readable permissions when 'early cpio' is used, such as when including microcode updates. Local attacker can use this to obtain sensitive information from these files, such as encryption keys or credentials.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
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