CWE Code: 264
Vulnerability Type: privilege_escalation
CVSS Score: 7.2
CWE Name:  Permissions Privileges and Access Controls
Summary: an issue was discovered in amanda 3.3.1. a user with backup privileges can trivially compromise a client installation. amstar is an amanda application api script. it should not be run by users directly. it uses star to backup and restore data. it runs binaries with root permissions when parsing the command line argument --star-path.
Access Authentication: NONE
Access Complexity: LOW
Access Vector: LOCAL
Impact (C/I/A): COMPLETE/COMPLETE/COMPLETE
Published Date: 2018-10-24
Last Modified Date: 2019-01-09