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high 7.8

CVE-2016-1602 json

A code injection in the supportconfig data collection tool in supportutils in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 12-SP1 and SUSE Linux Ent…

published 2017-03-23 9 y ago modified 2026-06-17 4 mo ago also EUVD-2016-2697

cvss
7.8
version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.5%
EPSS 0.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 45%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A code injection in the supportconfig data collection tool in supportutils in SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 and 12-SP1 and SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12 and 12-SP1 could be used by local attackers to execute code as the user running supportconfig (usually root).

Patch / fix

  • supportutils SLES for SAP 11 SP4, SLES 11 SP4 1.20-121.1
  • supportutils SLES for SAP 12 SP1, SLES for SAP 12, SLES 12 SP1 +3 more 3.0-82.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2016:1514-1SUSE-SU-2016:1507-1

Exploit prediction

0.53% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 45% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 3.0 7.8 CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD 2.0 7.2 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected products

  • n/a supportconfig

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code

References

Sources

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