VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-2781
chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 0.43%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.43%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
- CVSS 3.1
- 4.6 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.43% probability · 36th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- gnu/coreutils
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.