CVE-2012-2291 (GCVE-0-2012-2291)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2013-01-21 21:00 – Updated: 2024-09-17 01:06
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Summary
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.
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