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.
References
Link Resource
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/39217/ Exploit Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
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cve-icon MITRE Information

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2018-10-24T21:00:00

Updated: 2018-10-24T21:57:01

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


Link: CVE-2016-10729

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cve-icon NVD Information

Status : Analyzed

Published: 2018-10-24T21:29:00.267

Modified: 2019-01-09T19:54:37.690


Link: CVE-2016-10729

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CWE