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.
Published: 2018-10-24
Score: 7.8 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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

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Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00096}

epss

{'score': 0.00078}


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Redhat Enterprise Linux
Zmanda Amanda
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:30:20.169Z

Reserved: 2018-10-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-10730

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-10-24T21:29:00.360

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:44:36.903

Link: CVE-2016-10730

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-01-15T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-10730 - Bugzilla

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