CVE-2012-2291 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00032.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Mac Os X
Emc	Avamar Avamar Plugin
Hp	Hp-ux

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.0-407:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.4-26:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:6.0:::::::*

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux::::::::

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:4.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:5.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.0:-::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.1:-::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: dell

Published: 2013-01-21T21:00:00Z

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

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

Link: CVE-2012-2291

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-11T00:51:21.963

Link: CVE-2012-2291

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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