CVE-2015-7442

Severity: high (CVSS 7.0 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2016-01-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

consoleinst.sh in IBM Installation Manager before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 and Packaging Utility before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is located in /tmp with a name based on a predicted PID value.

Affected products

IBM Installation Manager: 1.7.4.3, 1.8.0.0, 1.8.1.0, 1.8.2.0, 1.8.2.1, 1.8.3.0
IBM Packaging Utility: through 1.7.4.3; 1.8.0.0, 1.8.1.0, 1.8.2.0, 1.8.2.1, 1.8.3.0

References

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971295
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77558
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971295
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/77558

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