FKIE_CVE-2012-2291

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2013-01-21 21:55 - Updated: 2025-04-11 00:51
Severity ?
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.
References
security_alert@emc.comhttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
emc avamar 4.0
emc avamar 4.1
emc avamar 5.0
emc avamar 5.0
emc avamar 5.0
emc avamar 5.0.0-407
emc avamar 5.0.4-26
emc avamar 6.0
apple mac_os_x *
hp hp-ux *
emc avamar_plugin 4.0
emc avamar_plugin 5.0
emc avamar_plugin 6.0
emc avamar_plugin 6.1
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