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CVE-2012-2291

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 di…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
EmcAvamar
Versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.0.0-407, 5.0.4-26, 6.0
EmcAvamar Plugin
Versions 4.0, 5.0, 6.0, 6.1

Weakness classification

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