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A vulnerability has been found in EMC Avamar Data Store and Avamar Virtual Edition up to 7.3.0 (Backup Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

EMC Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) versions 7.3 and older contain a vulnerability that may expose the Avamar servers to potentially be compromised by malicious users.

The weakness was shared 10/20/2016 by Geoffrey Janjua and Matteo Tarbet as ESA-2016-111 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2016-0909 since 12/17/2015. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 95921 (EMC Avamar ADS / AVE < 7.3.0 Hotfix 263301 PostgreSQL Command Local Privilege Escalation (ESA-2016-111)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Misc. and running in the context c.

Applying the patch 7.3.0-233 with Hotfix 263301 is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (95921). The entry 93014 is related to this item.

Productinfo

Type

• Backup Software

Vendor

• EMC

Name

• Avamar Data Store
• Avamar Virtual Edition

Version

• 7.0
• 7.1
• 7.2
• 7.3

License

• commercial

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.2

VulDB Base Score: 8.4
VulDB Temp Score: 8.0
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NVD Base Score: 8.4
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Input validation
CWE: CWE-20
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 95921
Nessus Name: EMC Avamar ADS / AVE < 7.3.0 Hotfix 263301 PostgreSQL Command Local Privilege Escalation (ESA-2016-111)
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 7.3.0-233 with Hotfix 263301

Timelineinfo

12/17/2015 🔍
10/19/2016 +307 days 🔍
10/20/2016 +1 days 🔍
10/20/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/20/2016 +0 days 🔍
10/21/2016 +1 days 🔍
11/15/2016 +25 days 🔍
12/16/2016 +31 days 🔍
05/15/2019 +880 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: ESA-2016-111
Researcher: Geoffrey Janjua, Matteo Tarbet
Status: Confirmed
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2016-0909 (🔍)
SecurityTracker: 1037066
SecurityFocus: 93788 - EMC Avamar Data Store and Avamar Virtual Edition Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/21/2016 19:53
Updated: 05/15/2019 12:24
Changes: 10/21/2016 19:53 (65), 05/15/2019 12:24 (13)
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