CVE-2016-7032
sudo_noexec.so in Sudo before 1.8.15 on Linux might allow local users to bypass intended noexec command restrictions via an application that calls the (1) system or (2) popen function.
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.34%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
sudo_noexec.so in Sudo before 1.8.15 on Linux might allow local users to bypass intended noexec command restrictions via an application that calls the (1) system or (2) popen function.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.0 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 0.34% probability · 27th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-284
- Affected
- todd miller/sudo
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 0.3% since 27 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95776Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372830Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_bypass.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95776Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1372830Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/
- https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_bypass.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.