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CVE-2016-10729

HIGH · CVSS 7.8 EPSS 1.19% Public Exploit

Source: NVD + CISA KEV + EPSS (historical backfill) · Published 2018-10-24 · Last synced 2026-08-04

CyberRota Analysis

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Public Exploit Signal

A public exploit, PoC, GitHub repository or Metasploit reference was detected for this CVE.

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CVE
CVE-2016-10729
Severity
HIGH
CVSS
7.8
EPSS
1.19%

Original 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.