CVE-2016-10730
N/A
Published: October 24, 2018 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:40 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsEnterprise LinuxAmanda
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.6%
Description
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.
References (1)
Exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39244/Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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