Description
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.
Published: 2013-01-21
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Remediation

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2012-2284 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-17T01:06:37.247Z

Reserved: 2012-04-19T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2291

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-01-21T21:55:00.887

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2291

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Weaknesses