CVE-2016-0921

6.5 mediumEPSS 0.4%

Medium (6.5) in emc avamar server. EPSS 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

6.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 33% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-264
Published: 2016-09-21
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

emc:avamar_server

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

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