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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jan 21, 2013· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-2291

CVE-2012-2291

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.

Affected products

12
  • EMC Corporation/Avamar8 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 7 more
    • 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:5.0.0-407:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.4-26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • EMC Corporation/Avamar Plugin4 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 3 more
    • 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:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

0

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