CVE-2015-7442

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

consoleinst.sh in IBM Installation Manager before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 and Packaging Utility before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is located in /tmp with a name based on a predicted PID value.

consoleinst.sh in IBM Installation Manager before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 and Packaging Utility before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before 1.8.4 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program that is located in /tmp with a name based on a predicted PID value.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

IBM

First reported 9 years ago

2016-01-02 05:59:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-11-28 19:43:00

Affected Software

IBM Installation Manager 1.7.4.3

1.7.4.3

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.0.0

1.8.0.0

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.1.0

1.8.1.0

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.2.0

1.8.2.0

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.2.1

1.8.2.1

IBM Installation Manager 1.8.3.0

1.8.3.0

IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.0.0

1.8.0.0

IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.1.0

1.8.1.0

IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.2.0

1.8.2.0

IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.2.1

1.8.2.1

IBM Packaging Utility 1.8.3.0

1.8.3.0

References

77558

http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21971295

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