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Incorrect Authorization

CVE-2020-12875

Medium
6.3/10

Summary

Veritas APTARE versions prior to 10.4 did not perform adequate authorization checks. An authenticated user could gain unauthorized access to sensitive information or functionality by manipulating specific parameters within the application.

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CWE-863 - Incorrect Authorization

Authorization is a security mechanism performed by an application to grant or deny access to the requested resources by verifying the privileges of the user. When an application lacks effective authorization mechanisms, it enables unauthorized users to gain unintended privileges and illegitimate access to resources. Such a vulnerability may result in exposure of sensitive information, denial of service, arbitrary code execution, and complete system takeover.

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Advisory Timeline

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