{"id":"CVE-2016-7076","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7076","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T20:57:04.922Z","title":"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.","description":"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.","published":"2018-05-29T13:29:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:52:33.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"secalert@redhat.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-184","CWE-77"],"affected":["sudo project/sudo"],"epss":{"score":0.00476,"percentile":0.40895,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (0.48%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95778","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7076","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0002/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/","source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_wordexp.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"secalert@redhat.com"},{"url":"http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2872.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95778","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-7076","tags":["Issue Tracking"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0002/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-1/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://usn.ubuntu.com/3968-3/","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://www.sudo.ws/alerts/noexec_wordexp.html","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7076","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}