High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Nov 10, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-7488

Description

Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10 has insecure file permissions on /etc/luminex/pkgmgr. These could allow a local user to modify its contents and execute commands as root.

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Affected products

Teradata/Virtual Machine
cpe:2.3:a:teradata:virtual_machine:15.10:*:*:*:community:*:*:*
Teradata/Virtual Machine Community Editionllm-fuzzy2 versions
v15.10+ 1 more
- (no CPE)range: v15.10
- (no CPE)range: v15.10

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.phpnvdExploitThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94262nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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