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TITLE:
EMC Data Protection Advisor Collector Privilege Escalation
Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA43893

VERIFY ADVISORY:
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http://secunia.com/advisories/43893/
Customer Area (Credentials Required)
https://ca.secunia.com/?page=viewadvisory&vuln_id=43893

RELEASE DATE:
2011-03-29

DISCUSS ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/43893/#comments

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http://secunia.com/advisories/43893/

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in EMC Data Protection Advisor,
which can be exploited by malicious, local users to perform certain
actions with escalated privileges.

The vulnerability is caused due to insecure permissions on certain
files, which can be exploited to execute arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions prior to 5.7 Build 5833 and
5.7.1 Build 5833 running on Solaris SPARC.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 5.7 (Build 5833), 5.7.1 (Build 5833), 5.7 Patch
DPA-8873, or 5.7.1 Patch DPA-8873.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Stefan Wuensch, Harvard University.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
ESA-2011-010:
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2011-03/att-0261/ESA-2011-010.txt

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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