Escape to Parent Session Vulnerability in runuser

CVE-2016-2779 · HIGH Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

runuser in util-linux allows local users to escape to the parent session via a crafted TIOCSTI ioctl call, which pushes characters to the terminal's input buffer.

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