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Vulnerability details: VCID-92f4-vbjs-bfeq
Vulnerability ID VCID-92f4-vbjs-bfeq
Aliases CVE-2016-7076
Summary sudo before version 1.8.18p1 is vulnerable to a bypass in the sudo noexec restriction 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.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 7.0
Risk 3.5
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-77 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in a Command ('Command Injection')
CWE-184 Incomplete List of Disallowed Inputs
System Score Found at
cvssv3 6.4 https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7076.json
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
epss 0.0007 https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
cvssv2 6.6 https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
cvssv2 7.2 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7076
cvssv3 7.8 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7076
Reference id Reference type URL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html
https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7076.json
https://api.first.org/data/v1/epss?cve=CVE-2016-7076
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7076
https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-7076
https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/yaml/suse-cvss-scores.yaml
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0002/
https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_wordexp.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95778
1384982 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384982
842507 https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=842507
cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/search/results?adv_search=true&isCpeNameSearch=true&query=cpe:2.3:a:sudo_project:sudo:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
CVE-2016-7076 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7076
RHSA-2016:2872 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2872
USN-3968-1 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/
USN-3968-3 https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/
No exploits are available.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2016-7076.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:M/Au:S/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: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Found at https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7076
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-2016-7076
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 0.22099
EPSS Score 0.0007
Published At Sept. 12, 2025, 12:55 p.m.
Date Actor Action Source VulnerableCode Version
2025-07-31T08:35:40.125077+00:00 Ubuntu USN Importer Import https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/ 37.0.0