vulnerability

Ubuntu: (Multiple Advisories) (CVE-2016-7076): Sudo vulnerabilities

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
Oct 28, 2016
Added
May 7, 2019
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

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.

Solutions

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