SOC status:Duty analyst on shift

UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2016-7489

Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10's perl script /opt/teradata/gsctools/bin/t2a.pl creates files in /tmp in an insecure manner, this may lead to elevated code execution.

CRITICAL 9.8EPSS 3.93%

Does this matter?

High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.93%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.

Description

Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10's perl script /opt/teradata/gsctools/bin/t2a.pl creates files in /tmp in an insecure manner, this may lead to elevated code execution.

CVSS 3.0
9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
EPSS
3.93% probability · 90th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-264
Affected
teradata/virtual machine
Source
larry0@me.com

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.