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Improper Privilege Management

CVE-2012-4767

Medium
6.1/10

Summary

An issue exists in Safend Data Protector Agent 3.4.5586.9772 in the securitylayer.log file in the logs.9972 directory, which could let a malicious user decrypt and potentially change the Safend security policies applied to the machine.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • LOW
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-269 - Improper Privilege Management

An effective privilege management infrastructure provides valid users with required access and privileges across heterogeneous technology environments. An application with a faulty privilege management infrastructure allows higher than authorized privileges or enables privilege escalation. This can lead to security incidents such as system infiltration, data breach, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published