EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

BID:57005

Info

EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 57005
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2012-2291
Remote: No
Local: Yes
Published: Dec 19 2012 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 28 2013 12:20PM
Credit: EMC
Vulnerable: EMC Avamar 5.0.3
EMC Avamar 5.0.2
EMC Avamar 4.1.2
EMC Avamar 5.0.4-26
EMC Avamar 5.0.4
EMC Avamar 5.0.3-29
EMC Avamar 5.0.2-41
EMC Avamar 5.0.1-32
EMC Avamar 5.0.1
EMC Avamar 5.0.0-407
EMC Avamar 5.0 SP1
EMC Avamar 5.0
EMC Avamar 4.1.2-33
EMC Avamar 4.1.1-340
EMC Avamar 4.1.1
EMC Avamar 4.1.0-1470
EMC Avamar 4.1
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

EMC Avamar backup client is prone to an insecure file-permissions vulnerability.

A local attacker can exploit this issue to gain escalated privileges. This may aid in further attacks.

The following versions are affected:

EMC Avamar version 4.x
EMC Avamar version 5.x
EMC Avamar version 6.x

Exploit / POC

EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Attackers can use readily available tools and standard commands to exploit this issue.

Solution / Fix

EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

EMC Avamar Backup Client Insecure File Permissions Vulnerability

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