CVE-2016-1601 describes a critical vulnerability in yast2-users versions prior to 3.1.47, impacting SUSE Linux Enterprise 12 SP1. During an AutoYaST installation, if the profile lacks inst-sys users, the system fails to properly set empty password fields in /etc/shadow, potentially leading to unspecified but severe consequences. This vulnerability carries a CVSSv3 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL), indicating a network-exploitable flaw with low attack complexity, requiring no privileges or user interaction, and resulting in complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit, Nuclei, or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has also received minimal community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:suse:yast2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.