CVE-2016-10729

amanda: Privilege escalation in runtar via --rsh-command option

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

4.2

CVSS 3.0

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Published · January 11, 2016

Updated · November 22, 2025

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.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 4.2
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE-78 · Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection')