VDB-93552 · CVE-2016-7490 · BID 94255

Teradata Studio Express 15.12.00.00 Installation studioexpressinstall access control

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A vulnerability was found in Teradata Studio Express 15.12.00.00. It has been classified as critical. Affected is an unknown code of the file studioexpressinstall of the component Installation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-264. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The installation script studioexpressinstall for Teradata Studio Express 15.12.00.00 creates files in /tmp insecurely. A malicious local user could create a symlink in /tmp and possibly clobber system files or perhaps elevate privileges.

The bug was discovered 11/17/2016. The weakness was disclosed 11/10/2016 by Larry W. Cashdollar (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-7490 since 09/09/2016. The exploitability is told to be easy. The attack needs to be approached locally. A authentication is needed for exploitation. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Further details are available at seclists.org.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Local: Yes
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09/09/2016 🔍
11/10/2016 +62 days 🔍
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11/17/2016 +6 days 🔍
06/05/2019 +930 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: Larry W. Cashdollar
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2016-7490 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 94255 - Teradata Studio Express CVE-2016-7490 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 11/11/2016 10:23
Updated: 06/05/2019 13:06
Changes: 11/11/2016 10:23 (50), 06/05/2019 13:06 (13)
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