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CVE-2016-2781 (GCVE-0-2016-2781)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-02-07 15:00 – Updated: 2025-06-09 15:59
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
4.6 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N
SSVC
Exploitation: none Automatable: no Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2025-06-09 15:58 UTC
CWE
  • n/a
  • CWE-20 - Improper Input Validation
Assigner
References
Date Public
2016-02-28 00:00
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