CVE-2016-10729 describes a command injection vulnerability in Amanda 3.3.1, affecting various Debian, Red Hat, and Zmanda distributions. A user with backup privileges can exploit the "runtar" setuid root binary by appending additional arguments after "--create," leading to arbitrary command execution as root. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 7.8 (High) due to its local attack vector, low complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.3.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:zmanda:amanda:3.3.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
9.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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