{"id":"CVE-2016-7489","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2016-7489","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T19:46:01.558Z","title":"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.","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.","published":"2016-11-10T16:59:03.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T00:53:09.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"larry0@me.com","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":9.8,"severity":"CRITICAL","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-264"],"affected":["teradata/virtual machine"],"epss":{"score":0.03933,"percentile":0.90323,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"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."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94262","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"larry0@me.com"},{"url":"http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=173","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"larry0@me.com"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94262","tags":["Third Party Advisory","VDB Entry"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=173","tags":["Exploit","Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7489","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}