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CVE-2012-2291 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html CVE
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2013-01/0086.html [email protected]

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
emc avamar
4.0
4.1
5.0
5.0 sp1
5.0 sp2

CPE

  • 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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
apple mac os x
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
hp hp-ux
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:hp:hp-ux:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
emc avamar plugin
4.0 -
5.0 -
6.0 -
6.1 -

CPE

  • 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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-2291
NVD Published Date:
Jan 21, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-2291 Details - Not Deferred