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PYSEC-2017-154

Vulnerability from pysec - Published: 2017-04-24 19:59 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:51

Details

lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

9.9 (Critical)


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

Impacted products

Name	purl
limited-shell	pkg:pypi/limited-shell

Aliases

CVE-2016-6903

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  "id": "PYSEC-2017-154",
  "modified": "2026-06-17T00:51:58.047Z",
  "published": "2017-04-24T19:59:00.377Z",
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CVE-2016-6903 (GCVE-0-2016-6903)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-04-24 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 01:43

Summary

lshell 0.9.16 allows remote authenticated users to break out of a limited shell and execute arbitrary commands.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

debian

References

7 references

URL	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1369345	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92591	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/0…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/issues/149	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/commit/e72dfcd…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://github.com/ghantoos/lshell/pull/153/commi…	x_refsource_CONFIRM

Date Public

2016-08-17 00:00

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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PYSEC-2017-154

CVE-2016-6903 (GCVE-0-2016-6903)

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