CVE-2016-10730

amanda: Privilege escalation in amstar and amgtar via --*tar-path option

Published Oct 24, 2018 CVSS 3.0 · 7.8 High EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
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 solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-1728 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.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00096}

epss

{'score': 0.00078}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 3:30 AM
Reserved
Oct 24, 2018, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Oct 24, 2018, 9:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:40 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Jan 15, 2016, 12:00 AM