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CVE-2018-1242 — Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5

Dell 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. N

CVSS
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EPSS
4.97% (top 10.40%)
CWE
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Published
2018-05-29T17:00:00.000Z
Last modified
2024-09-16T20:32:13.130Z
CVSS vector
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01What is this vulnerability?

Dell 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.

02Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Dell EMCDell EMC RecoverPointunspecified
Dell EMCDell EMC RecoverPoint Virtual Machine (VM)unspecified

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

09References

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