CVEvulnerability

CVE-2016-7076

7.8 HIGH Published 2018-05-29 Modified 2026-06-17 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2018-05-29
Last modified
2026-06-17
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
6.4 MEDIUM — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
7.8 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-184, CWE-77

Description

sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction if application run via sudo executed wordexp() C library function with a user supplied argument. A local user permitted to run such application via sudo with noexec restriction could possibly use this flaw to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges.

Affected configurations

• sudo project sudo (>= 1.6.8 <= 1.8.18)

Related

Weakness · CWE (2)

  • CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs weakness
  • CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command weakness

References