CVE-2018-1242

Summary

CVECVE-2018-1242
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-05-29 17:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-08-24 17:37:00 UTC
DescriptionDell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contains a command injection vulnerability in the Boxmgmt CLI. An authenticated malicious user with boxmgmt privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read RPA files. Note that files that require root permission cannot be read.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-78

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Emc Recoverpoint All All All All
Application Emc Recoverpoint All All All All
Application Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines All All All All
Application Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Full Disclosure: DSA-2018-095: Dell EMC RecoverPoint Multiple Vulnerabilities FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Dell EMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines Multiple Security Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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