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Vulnerability details: VCID-48cm-kxb5-aaag
Vulnerability ID VCID-48cm-kxb5-aaag
Aliases CVE-2016-2779
Summary runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.7
Risk 3.9
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CWE-270 Privilege Context Switching Error
System Score Found at
generic_textual Low http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=145694736107128&w=2
generic_textual Low http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2779.html
cvssv3 8.6 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2779.json
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rhbs medium https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312852
generic_textual Low https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2779
cvssv2 6.2 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv3.1 8.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
generic_textual Low http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/1
Reference id Reference type URL
http://marc.info/?l=util-linux-ng&m=145694736107128&w=2
http://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2016/CVE-2016-2779.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2779.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-2779
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815922
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2779
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/2
1312852 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1312852
cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:2.24.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:kernel:util-linux:2.24.2-1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-2779 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-2779.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
Exploitability (E) Access Vector (AV) Access Complexity (AC) Authentication (Au) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

high

functional

unproven

proof_of_concept

not_defined

local

adjacent_network

network

high

medium

low

multiple

single

none

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete

none

partial

complete
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2779
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

network

adjacent_network

local

physical

low

high

none

low

high

none

required

unchanged

changed

high

low

none

high

low

none

high

low

none
Exploit Prediction Scoring System (EPSS)
Percentile 0.05128
EPSS Score 0.00042
Published At Nov. 1, 2024, midnight
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
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