CVE-2016-2779

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

0.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 31.6% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-02-07 15:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-05 23:32Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-02-27

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-264
• CWE-270Privilege Context Switching ErrorBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2eb39c3ef887486985f3955980288379fe5ee76a2dedc2979892ffa2ed28df6c

• bugs.debian.orghttps://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=815922x_refsource_MISC
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160226 CVE Request: util-linux runuser tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/1mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160227 Re: CVE Request: util-linux runuser tty hijacking via TIOCSTI ioctlhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/27/2mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST