Is CVE-2016-10729 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2016-10729 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2016-10729?

CVE-2016-10729 has a CVSS v3 base score of 7.8 (HIGH).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2016-10729?

CVE-2016-10729 has an EPSS score of 1.19% (64th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2016-10729?

Upgrade amanda on debian 11 to 1:3.3.9-1 or later.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2016-10729

HIGH

7.8

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

An issue was discovered in Amanda 3.3.1. A user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. The "runtar" setuid root binary does not check for additional arguments supplied after --create, allowing users to manipulate commands and perform command injection as root.

CWE-77Command Injection

How to fix

Remediation Available

amandaDebian

Fixed in:1:3.3.9-1CVE-2016-10729

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorLocal

Attack ComplexityLow

Privileges RequiredLow

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityHigh

IntegrityHigh

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

1.19%probability of exploitation in 30 days

64thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 64% of all known CVEs.

References

Exploit1

exploit-db.com

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CVE-2023-1671	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2023-1389	High	8.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2021-1498	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix
CVE-2012-1823	Critical	9.8	100%	KEV	Fix

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2024-11-21.