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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7787

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.

MEDIUM 4.9EPSS 1.66%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.66%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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.

CVSS 3.0
4.9 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
EPSS
1.66% probability · 77th percentile
Public exploits
None in Exploit-DB
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-94
Affected
kde/kde-cli-tools · opensuse/leap · opensuse/opensuse
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%3%5%27 October 2026: 1.66%27 October 202627 October 2026

EPSS 1.7% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.