Vulnerability in Teradata Virtual Machine
CVE-2016-7489
Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10's perl script /opt/teradata/gsctools/bin/t2a.pl creates files in /tmp in an insecure manner, this may lead to elevated code execution.
EPSS: 0.039 (89.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Teradata Virtual_machine — versions 15.10
- Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition — versions v15.10
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- larry0@me.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
- larry0@me.com (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-7489?
- CVE-2016-7489 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Teradata Virtual Machine, classified under CWE-264. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2016-11-10.
- How severe is CVE-2016-7489?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-7489 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.