CVE-2016-8637 — Vulnetix

CVE-2016-8637 PUBLISHED

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.

EPSS 0.07% · 22.4th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.07%

22.4th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	dracut	043-2, 043-4, 044+3-3

Exploit Intelligence

http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2016/q4/352 (nist-nvd)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8637 (nist-nvd)
https://github.com/dracutdevs/dracut/commit/0db98910a11c12a454eac4c8e86dc7a7bbc764a4 (circl)
94128 (circl)

Timeline

Aug 1, 2018 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8637 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8637 third-party-advisory

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