CVE-2016-2781

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.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2017-02-07

Last modified

2025-06-09

Weaknesses

CWE-20

Affected products

• Coreutils (Gnu)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/2
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/28/3
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9fa47ab66495c78bb4120b0754dd9531ca2ff0430f6685ac9b07772%40%3Cdev.mina.apache.org…