High severity · published Oct 24, 2018
CVE-2016-10729
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1
7.8
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
Low
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
AM
Amanda · Zmanda
3.3.1 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
EL
Enterprise Linux · Redhat
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-10729
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-10729
Exploit
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217/
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