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CVE-2012-2291

EMC Avamar Client 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x on HP-UX and Mac OS X, and the EMC Avamar plugin 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x for Oracle, uses world-writable permissions for cache directories, which allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified symlink attack.

Published

2013-01-21T21:55:00.887

Last Modified

2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.2 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

  • Access Vector: LOCAL
  • Access Complexity: LOW
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
  • Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
  • Availability Impact: COMPLETE
Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-264
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application emc avamar 4.0 Yes
Application emc avamar 4.1 Yes
Application emc avamar 5.0 Yes
Application emc avamar 5.0 Yes
Application emc avamar 5.0 Yes
Application emc avamar 5.0.0-407 Yes
Application emc avamar 5.0.4-26 Yes
Application emc avamar 6.0 Yes
Operating System apple mac_os_x * No
Operating System hp hp-ux * No
Application emc avamar_plugin 4.0 Yes
Application emc avamar_plugin 5.0 Yes
Application emc avamar_plugin 6.0 Yes
Application emc avamar_plugin 6.1 Yes
References