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CVE-2012-2291

HIGH · CVSS 7.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD

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.

Key facts

CVSS score
7.2 (v2.0)
Severity
HIGH
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness (CWE)
CWE-264
EPSS score
0.3% (25th percentile)
In CISA KEV
No
In EU EUVD
Yes (EUVD-2012-2284)
Published
January 21, 2013
NVD last modified
June 16, 2026
Status
Modified

EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)

This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-2284 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on September 17, 2024.

View on the EU Vulnerability Database

Affected products

  • apple / mac os x
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar
  • emc / avamar plugin
  • emc / avamar plugin
  • emc / avamar plugin
  • emc / avamar plugin
  • hp / hp-ux

Certified products that may be affected

1 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified product, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.

References

Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS

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