Name: CVE-2016-7091: Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2016-12-22T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-7091, CWE-200, CVSS 4.4, EPSS 0.00069

sudo: It was discovered that the default sudo configuration on Red Hat Enterprise Linux and possibly other Linux implementations preserves the value of INPUTRC which could lead to information disclosure. A local user with sudo access to a restricted program that uses readline could use this flaw to read content from specially formatted files with elevated privileges provided by sudo.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.1 Base Score: 4.4
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Huawei Euleros 2_0_sp1	—	Upgrade sudo	Nov 30, 2017	Dec 22, 2016
Oracle_linux	—	Upgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-devel	Nov 9, 2016	Nov 9, 2016
Redhat_linux	—	Upgrade sudoUpgrade sudo-develUpgrade sudo-debuginfoNo solution exists	Nov 4, 2016	Nov 3, 2016

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CVSS Details

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