CVE-2016-7490

HIGH 7.8CVE-2016-7490 · Published 10/11/2016 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2016-7490 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.8) vulnerability affecting studio express (teradata).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.58%, higher than 47.8% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
studio express teradata	`= 15.12.00.00`	No fix yet

Description

The installation script studioexpressinstall for Teradata Studio Express 15.12.00.00 creates files in /tmp insecurely. A malicious local user could create a symlink in /tmp and possibly clobber system files or perhaps elevate privileges.

References

securityfocus.com/bid/94255 · Third Party Advisory
vapidlabs.com/advisory.php · Exploit

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