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CVE-2015-7442

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control
Publication date:
02/01/2016
Last modified:
12/04/2025

Description

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.00 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x
7.00
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.20 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
6.20
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.7.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:installation_manager:1.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1.7.4.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:1.8.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:1.8.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:1.8.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:1.8.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:ibm:packaging_utility:1.8.3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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