CVE-2016-7076 describes a bypass vulnerability in sudo versions prior to 1.8.18p1, affecting the sudo_project sudo. This flaw allows a local user, permitted to run an application via sudo with the noexec restriction, to execute arbitrary commands with elevated privileges if that application uses the wordexp() C library function with user-supplied input. The vulnerability has a CVSSv3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), indicating a local attack vector with 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 or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 1.6.8, <= 1.8.18CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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