Access control flaw in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition
Priority MEDIUM 49CWE-264Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- 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's perl script /opt/teradata/gsctools/bin/t2a.pl creates files in /tmp in an insecure manner, this may lead to elevated code execution.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.03933 90th 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-2016-7489
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-jp34-7mv3-wc4x
References
More Teradata Virtual Machine vulnerabilities
- TI-2016-06371 Access control flaw in Teradata Virtual Machine Community Edition CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
Sources
- CVE-2016-7489 · CVE Program
- CVE-2016-7489 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-jp34-7mv3-wc4x · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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