CVE-2016-2781

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CVSS v3.1

4.6

EPSS

0.43%

Published

Feb 7, 2017

Modified

May 12, 2026

Public PoC / Exploit (1)

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Description

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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-20CWE-20

Affected Products (1)

gnu · coreutilsvulnerable

References (6)

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3

Mailing ListThird Party Advisory

https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org%3E

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