CVE-2016-7032

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7032
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-04-14 18:59:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
Descriptionsudo_noexec.so in Sudo before 1.8.15 on Linux might allow local users to bypass intended noexec command restrictions via an application that calls the (1) system or (2) popen function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-284 | n/a


VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.9AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
High
Privileges Required
Low
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.6.9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.10 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.7.9 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.0 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.1 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.10 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.11 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.12 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.13 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.14 p3 All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.2 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.3 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.4 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.5 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.6 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.7 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.8 All All All
Application Todd Miller Sudo 1.8.9 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
IBM PowerKVM CVE-2016-7032 Multiple Local Command Execution Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Potential bypass of sudo_noexec.so on Linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.sudo.ws
USN-3968-3: Sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
1372830 – (CVE-2016-7032) CVE-2016-7032 sudo: noexec bypass via system() and popen() af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 378256 Virtuozzo Linux Security Update for sudo (VZLSA-2016:2872)
  • 390227 Oracle Managed Virtualization (VM) Server for x86 Security Update for sudo (OVMSA-2021-0012)
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