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CVE-2016-0921

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.5 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: 2016-09-21 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

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 program.

Affected products

• EMC Avamar Server Software 7.4.1-58, 7.4.0-242, 7.3.1-125, 7.3.0-233, 7.3.0-226: through 7.3.0

References

• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93032
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036844
• http://seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93032
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036844

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