SB2016092109 - Privilege Escalation in Dell EMC Avamar
Published: September 21, 2016 Updated: September 21, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016092109
CSH Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Privilege Escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0921)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
The vulnerability allows a local admin-level user to get root privileges and cause arbitrary command execution on the target system.
The weakness exists due to directory permissions flaw. Attacker can substitute directories and files with arbitrary directories and files to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerabiity leads to gaining root privileges and arbitrary code execution.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.