UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7787

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-7787
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7787.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7787
Upstream
Published
2016-12-23T22:59:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:52Z
Severity
  • 4.9 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

A maliciously crafted command line for kdesu can result in the user only seeing part of the commands that will actually get executed as super user.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / kde-cli-tools

Package

Name
kde-cli-tools
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/kde-cli-tools@4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1.1

Affected versions

4:5.*
4:5.4.2-0ubuntu1
4:5.4.3-0ubuntu1
4:5.5.4-0ubuntu1
4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "kde-cli-tools",
            "binary_version": "4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "kde-cli-tools-data",
            "binary_version": "4:5.5.5-0ubuntu1.1"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7787.json"