{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 1 product.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2779 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Apply the vendor's patch.","what":"CVE-2016-2779 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2016-2779 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2016-2779 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-2779 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2779/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2779/index.md)","id":"CVE-2016-2779","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2779/index.md","name":"CVE-2016-2779","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2779","GHSA-7q5h-997q-c4x2","UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2779"],"analysis":{"component_type":"operating_system","fix_type":"patch","impacts":["privilege_escalation"],"network_reachable":"adjacent_or_local","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"Linux util-linux","requires_auth":"low_privilege","summary":"Local attackers can escape restricted sessions to the parent terminal via a crafted ioctl call in util-linux, requiring OS-level patching.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"privilege_escalation"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"util-linux","vendor":"kernel"}],"cvss":{"score":7.8,"severity":"high","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-264","name":null}],"description":"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.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Privilege escalation in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-2779","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":null,"products":[],"type":"privilege_escalation","year":"2016"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Path traversal in n/a","id":"CVE-2016-2780"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER.","id":"CVE-2016-2777"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-02-07","related":[{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Race condition in n/a","id":"CVE-2015-5224","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2017-08-23"},{"cvss_score":7.8,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2018-7738","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2018-03-06"},{"cvss_score":6.8,"headline":"Util-linux: util-linux: heap use-after-free in libblkid nested partition probing","id":"CVE-2026-13595","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2026-06-29"},{"cvss_score":6.7,"headline":"Command injection in n/a","id":"CVE-2020-21583","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2023-08-22"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Information disclosure in util-linux","id":"CVE-2022-0563","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2022-02-21"},{"cvss_score":5.5,"headline":"Integer overflow in n/a","id":"CVE-2021-37600","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2021-07-28"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Local attackers can escape restricted sessions to the parent terminal via a crafted ioctl call in util-linux, requiring OS-level patching.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2016-2779/"}