CVE-2016-7488 describes a local privilege escalation vulnerability in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10. Insecure file permissions on /etc/luminex/pkgmgr allow a local attacker to modify its contents and execute arbitrary commands as root. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8 due to its low attack complexity and the potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
15.10CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:teradata:virtual_machine:15.10:*:*:*:community:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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