CVE-2012-2291

Summary

CVECVE-2012-2291
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2013-01-21 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2013-01-22 05:00:00 UTC
DescriptionEMC 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Operating System Apple Mac Os X All All All All
Application Emc Avamar 4.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 4.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 sp1 All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 sp2 All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0.0-407 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0.4-26 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 4.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 4.1 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 sp1 All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0 sp2 All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0.0-407 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 5.0.4-26 All All All
Application Emc Avamar 6.0 All All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 4.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 5.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 6.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 6.1 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 4.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 5.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 6.0 - All All
Application Emc Avamar Plugin 6.1 - All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All
Operating System Hp Hp-ux All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
20130121 Re: EMC Avamar: World writable cache files BUGTRAQ archives.neohapsis.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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