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CVE-2016-3699

Date: October 7, 2016

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://github.com/mjg59/linux/commit/a4a5ed2835e8ea042868b7401dced3f517cafa76
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-3699
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93114
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2574.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1329653
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/22/4
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2584.html
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3699
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-3699

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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