CVE-2016-2781
MEDIUMGNU coreutils - Local Privilege Escalation via TIOCSTI ioctl Call
Title source: llmDescription
chroot in GNU coreutils, when used with --userspec, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3
Mailing List mailing-list
x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E
Scores
CVSS v3
4.6
EPSS
0.0008
EPSS Percentile
24.2%
Attack Vector
LOCAL
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
CISA SSVC
Vulnrichment
Exploitation
none
Automatable
no
Technical Impact
partial
Details
CWE
CWE-20
Status
published
Products (1)
gnu/coreutils
Published
Feb 07, 2017
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026