CVE-2016-0920

HIGH 7.8CVE-2016-0920 · Published 21/09/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-0920 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting avamar server (emc).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.41%, higher than 35.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
avamar server emc	`≤ 7.3.0`	No fix yet

Description

Avamar Data Store (ADS) and Avamar Virtual Edition (AVE) in EMC Avamar Server before 7.3.0-233 allow local users to obtain root access via a crafted parameter to a command that is available in the sudo configuration.

References

seclists.org/bugtraq/2016/Sep/31 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1036844

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

avamar server

emc

≤ 7.3.0

No fix yet

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