Vulnerability Database

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Total vulnerabilities in the database

CVE-2016-2779

runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

  • Published: Feb 7, 2017
  • Updated: Apr 13, 2023
  • CVE: CVE-2016-2779
  • Severity: High
  • Exploit:

CVSS v3:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.8
  • AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CVSS v2:

  • Severity: High
  • Score: 7.2
  • AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWEs:

Software From Fixed in
kernel / util-linux 2.24.2-1 2.24.2-1.x