CVE-2016-2568

Description

pkexec, when used with --user nonpriv, allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2568

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1300746

https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=816062

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2568

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/26/3

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3