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CVE-2016-7032

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-7032 describes a vulnerability in Sudo versions prior to 1.8.15 on Linux, where local users could bypass noexec command restrictions. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.0) allows an attacker with low privileges to achieve high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability by calling system or popen functions. Despite its severity, there is no known active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
1.6.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.6.9CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.6.9:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.7.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:todd_miller:sudo:1.7.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.0HIGH

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.0
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.34%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
26.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0034 is in the 63rd percentile among its peer group of 1,523 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.4 InfoSec Media, 0.1 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: sudo-0:1.8.6p3-25.el6_8
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: sudo-0:1.8.6p7-21.el7_3
View patch
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: sudo

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2016-7032Moderate

sudo: noexec bypass via system() and popen()

Oct 26, 2016

References

rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html
bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
usn.ubuntu.com / 3968-3
sudo.ws / alerts/noexec_bypass.html
securityfocus.com / bid/95776
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry