What is CVE-2016-0921?

CVE-2016-0921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-21.

How severe is CVE-2016-0921?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server

CVE-2016-0921

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 progr…

EPSS: 0.004 (31.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/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-2016-0921?: CVE-2016-0921 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Emc Avamar_server, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2016-09-21.
How severe is CVE-2016-0921?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.