What is CVE-2016-0905?

CVE-2016-0905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0905?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server

CVE-2016-0905

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 allow local users to obtain root privileges by leveraging admin access and entering a sudo command.

EPSS: 0.004 (34.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.7 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Emc Avamar_server
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-264

References

security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
security_alert@emc.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)
security_alert@emc.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-0905?: CVE-2016-0905 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.7/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0905?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.7 out of 10.