CVE-2012-2291

EMC Avamar Client 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x on HP-UX and Mac OS X, and the EMC Avamar plugin 4.x, 5.x, and 6.x for Oracle, uses world-writable permissions for cache directories, which allows local users to gain privileges via an unspecified symlink attack.

Published: 2013-01-21 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2012-2291 is rated Low Risk (37.9/100): CVSS High severity, with low exploitation likelihood (EPSS 0.34%). Monitor for updates and reassess as exploit intelligence or EPSS changes.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2012-2291

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 0.04% 0.34% +0.29%
2 2023-03-07 0.89% 0.04% -0.84%
3 2022-02-04 — 0.89% —

Full EPSS history (3 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2012-2291

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.2 2.0 HIGH
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C Click to expand
Access vector (AV:L)
Requires local access to the target system.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:C)
Complete confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:C)
Complete integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:C)
Complete availability impact.
 3.9 10.0 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2012-2291

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2012-2291

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
emc avamar 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 4.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 5.0.0-407 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.0-407:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 5.0.4-26 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:5.0.4-26:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar_plugin 4.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:4.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar_plugin 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:5.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar_plugin 6.0 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.0:-:*:*:*:*:*:*
emc avamar_plugin 6.1 cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_plugin:6.1:-:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2012-2291

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