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CVE-2016-10729

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2018-10-24 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-77

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.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0, 8.0, 9.0, 10.0
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux: 7.0
• Zmanda Amanda: 3.3.1

References

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

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