CVE-2012-2291

High

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.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.2
Exploit probability—
ProductEmc Avamar
PublishedJan 21, 2013
First seenJan 21, 2013

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
emc avamar4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0.0-407, 5.0.4-26, 6.0—
emc avamar_plugin4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1—

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