CVE-2016-10729

HIGH

Zmanda Amanda - Command Injection

Title source: rule

Description

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC

by Hacker Fantastic · clocallinux

https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217

View Code ZIP pw:eip

References (1)

[Exploit, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry] https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217/

Scores

CVSS v3 7.8

EPSS 0.0021

EPSS Percentile 43.8%

Attack Vector LOCAL

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE

CWE-77

Status published

Products (6)

debian/debian_linux 7.0

debian/debian_linux 8.0

debian/debian_linux 9.0

debian/debian_linux 10.0

redhat/enterprise_linux 7.0

zmanda/amanda 3.3.1

Published Oct 24, 2018

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026