Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU79959

Command Injection in AMANDA - CVE-2016-10729

Published: August 24, 2023

Vulnerability identifier: #VU79959

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10729

CWE-ID: CWE-77

Exploitation vector: Local access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a local user to escalate privileges on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the "runtar" setuid root binary. A local user with backup privileges can execute arbitrary OS commands on the system.

Affected software

AMANDA
Amazon Linux AMI

How to mitigate CVE-2016-10729

Install updates from vendor's website.

AMANDA - update to 3.3.2

External References

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217/

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