PT-2016-7348 · Teradata+1 · Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition+1

Larry W. Cashdollar + 1 · Published 2016-11-10 · Updated 2018-12-11 · CVE-2016-7489

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

10

Critical

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition version 15.10

Description The issue arises from the perl script /opt/teradata/gsctools/bin/t2a.pl in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition, which creates files in /tmp in an insecure manner. This insecure file creation may lead to elevated code execution.

Recommendations For Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition version 15.10, consider restricting access to the /tmp directory or implementing secure file creation practices to minimize the risk of exploitation. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the execution of the t2a.pl script until a secure version is available.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2018-2754

ALT-PU-2018-2755

ALT-PU-2018-2814

CVE-2016-7489

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition

References · 4

• 🔥 http://vapidlabs.com/advisory.php?v=173 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-7489 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-7489 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/94262 · Note