SQL injection in EMC Avamar - CVE-2016-0909

 

SQL injection in EMC Avamar - CVE-2016-0909

Published: October 20, 2016 / Updated: October 24, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU1036
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-0909
CWE-ID: CWE-89
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Avamar

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a local user to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness is due to inproper validation of user input. By execution of  PostgreSQL injection that allows them to gain elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in privilege escalation on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-0909

Update to version 7.4 or later.

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