Access control flaw in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition
Priority LOW 35CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- Security bypass
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- High · High · High
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-264.
Summary
Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition v15.10 has insecure file permissions on /etc/luminex/pkgmgr. These could allow a local user to modify its contents and execute commands as root.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.00513 44th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Public exploit Yes 1 exploit referenceTagged by NVD
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2016-7488
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-h3h4-fqjq-h928
References
More Teradata Virtual Machine vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-06372 Access control flaw in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-7488 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-7488 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-h3h4-fqjq-h928 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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