Medium severity6.5NVD Advisory· Published Sep 21, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-0921

Description

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 use weak permissions for unspecified directories, which allows local users to obtain root access by replacing a script with a Trojan horse program.

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Affected products

EMC Corporation/Avamar Server2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*range: <=7.3.0
- (no CPE)range: <7.3.0-233
EMC Corporation/Avamar Server Virtual Editionllm-fuzzy
Range: <7.3.0-233
EMC Corporation/Avamar Data Storellm-fuzzy
Range: <7.3.0-233

Patches

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References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securityfocus.com/bid/93032nvd
www.securitytracker.com/id/1036844nvd

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