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CVE-2016-2781

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.

Published

2017-02-07T15:59:00.333

Last Modified

2025-06-09T16:15:25.013

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.1: 4.6 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20
Type: Secondary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	gnu	coreutils	*	Yes

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory ([email protected])
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)