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CVE-2016-7076

sudo: noexec bypass via wordexp()

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

6.4

CVSS 3.0

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Published · October 26, 2016

Updated · June 30, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the sudo noexec restriction could have been bypassed 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.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 6.4
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 6.6
AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE-184 · Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs