CVE-2016-10729
7.8
HIGH
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.25%
Description
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.
How to fix CVE-2016-10729
To remediate CVE-2016-10729, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/amanda—upgrade to 1:3.3.9-1 or later
Is CVE-2016-10729 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.2%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (1)
- from 0, < 1:3.3.9-1
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | HIGH7.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |