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CVE-2016-10151

HIGH · CVSS 7 EPSS 0.39% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2017-03-01 · Last synced 2026-08-04

Field Assessment

AI analysis pending.

Exhibit — Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

GitHub PoC Links
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CVE
CVE-2016-10151
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7
EPSS
0.39%

Original Filing — NVD Description

The hesiod_init function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 compares EUID with UID to determine whether to use configurations from environment variables, which allows local users to gain privileges via the (1) HESIOD_CONFIG or (2) HES_DOMAIN environment variable and leveraging certain SUID/SGUID binary.