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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-7076: Vulnerability in Sudo

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Oracle Solaris 11: CVE-2016-7076: Vulnerability in Sudo

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
05/29/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/29/2017
Modified
02/01/2022

Description

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.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-solaris-11-3-upgrade-security-sudo-1-8-18-1-0-175-3-15-0-4-0

References

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