VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-10730
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 0.59%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.59%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.59% probability · 46th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- zmanda/amanda · redhat/enterprise linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39244/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39244/Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.