CVE-2016-7076

Summary

CVECVE-2016-7076
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-29 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:34:00 UTC
Descriptionsudo 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-77

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sudo Project Sudo All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Potential bypass of sudo_noexec.so via wordexp() CONFIRM www.sudo.ws Third Party Advisory
USN-3968-3: Sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
Bug 1384982 – CVE-2016-7076 sudo: noexec bypass via wordexp() CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2016-7076 sudo Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
USN-3968-1: Sudo vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
IBM PowerKVM CVE-2016-7076 Local Command Execution Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com 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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