CVE-2016-2568 in FreeDesktop and Red Hat Products
Published on February 13, 2017
pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
Products Associated with CVE-2016-2568
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Exploit Probability
EPSS
0.13%
Percentile
32.82%
EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System) scores estimate the probability that a vulnerability will be exploited in the wild within the next 30 days. The percentile shows you how this score compares to all other vulnerabilities.