CVE-2016-10730

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.

CVSS v3.0

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

CVSS v2.0

7.2 HIGHAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

EPSS

0.59% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 46th percentile

Published

2018-10-24

Updated

2024-08-06

Proof-of-concept exploits (1)

• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39244/

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-2016-10729
• CVE-2016-10735
• CVE-2016-10728
• CVE-2016-10736
• CVE-2016-10726
• CVE-2016-10737