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CVE-2016-2781
MEDIUM · CVSS 4.6
EPSS exploitation probability: 0%
Published 2017-02-07T15:59:00.333 · Last modified 2026-06-17T00:44:23.160

Summary

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.

Affected products

gnu — coreutils

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