CVE-2016-10730 Privilege escalation in n/a
A user with backup privileges can escalate to root by exploiting how Amstar handles the --star-path argument, compromising the client installation.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-10730?
CVE-2016-10730 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 24 Oct 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. Amstar is an Amanda Application API script. It should not be run by users directly. It uses star to backup and restore data. It runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10730?
It affects 2 products.
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Zmanda Amanda.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10730?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2016-10730 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10730 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-10730, GHSA-w8gv-pm6w-gq47, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10730.