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.

CVSS v2.0 7.2 HIGH

7.2^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

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

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 10.0

Access Vector LOCAL

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact COMPLETE

Integrity Impact COMPLETE

Availability Impact COMPLETE

References

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.0-407:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.4-26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:6.0:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux::::::::

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:4.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:5.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.1:-::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2013-01-21 21:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16

NVD link : CVE-2012-2291

Mitre link : CVE-2012-2291

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-2291

JSON object : View

Products Affected

apple

mac_os_x

emc

avamar_plugin
avamar

hp

hp-ux

CWE

CWE-264

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

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