CVE-2016-10152

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CVSS 3.0

9.8 critical

EPSS

7%p94

Published

Mar 28, 2017 (Mar 28, 2017)

Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Description

The read_config_file function in lib/hesiod.c in Hesiod 3.2.1 falls back to the ".athena.mit.edu" default domain when opening the configuration file fails, which allows remote attackers to gain root privileges by poisoning the DNS cache.

Vendors: hesiod project
Products: hesiod
Weakness: CWE-264
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD CVE.org GitHub PoCs EPSS (6.8%)

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