GHSA-F6F6-98VP-W8MF

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2023-04-16 03:30 – Updated: 2025-11-04 18:30
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A privilege escalation flaw was found in Amanda 3.5.1 in which the backup user can acquire root privileges. The vulnerable component is the runtar SUID program, which is a wrapper to run /usr/bin/tar with specific arguments that are controllable by the attacker. This program mishandles the arguments passed to tar binary (it expects that the argument name and value are separated with a space; however, separating them with an equals sign is also supported),

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7.8 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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    "nvd_published_at": "2023-04-16T01:15:00Z",
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  "modified": "2025-11-04T18:30:40Z",
  "published": "2023-04-16T03:30:25Z",
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