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CVE-2019-18581 Critical · 9.1 EPSS 3.9%

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 18.2 versions prior to patch 83, and 19.1 versions prior to…

Dell · Data Protection Advisor

Summary

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor contains a missing server-side authorization flaw in its REST API. A remote attacker who already holds administrative privileges on the application can alter its allowlist of permitted OS commands, which may lead to arbitrary OS command execution as the account running the DPA service, with no user interaction required.

Official description · CVE.org

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 18.2 versions prior to patch 83, and 19.1 versions prior to patch 71 contain a server missing authorization vulnerability in the REST API. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter the application’s allowable list of OS commands. This may lead to arbitrary OS command execution as the regular user runs the DPA service on the affected system.

Breakdown
24.4 / 100
Exploited
Not confirmed
Reports
0
Tactics
1/15

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  1. What can follow

Disclosed on 18 Mar 2020. No public exploit code or confirmed exploitation is recorded.

techniques

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