Bypassing sudo noexec restriction via wordexp() vulnerability

CVE-2016-7076 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

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