CVE-2015-7442 - CVE House
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Status published High CVE-2015-7442

consoleinst.sh in IBM Installation Manager before 1.7.4.4 and 1.8.x before...

Vulnerability 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 Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

installation manager, packaging utility
Vulnerable Versions:
1.7.4.3, 1.8.0.0, 1.8.1.0, 1.8.2.0, 1.8.2.1, 1.8.3.0, 0

Timeline

Official Publish: January 2nd, 2016
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

V3: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.