CVE-2016-7076
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.
- Sudo Project Sudo
- ≤ 1.8.18
- Fix
- Available
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGH
- EPSS
- 0.5% (40th percentile)
- Weakness
- CWE-77, CWE-184
- NVD status
- Modified
- Published
- 2018-05-29
CVE-2016-7076 at NVD
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