This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.3.0.

Published 9 y ago 2017-10-19 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-17 · JSON

CVSS

8.8

v3.1 · CNA

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

6.7%

percentile 94%

Public exploits

none known

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.3.0. Authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. The specific flaw exists within the EMC DPA Application service, which listens on TCP port 9002 by default. When parsing the preScript parameter, the process does not properly validate a user-supplied string before using it to execute a system call. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM. Was ZDI-CAN-4697. NOTE: Dell EMC disputes that this is a vulnerability

CISA SSVC assessment

Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical impact: total
Assessed: 2 y ago 2024-07-16

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

6.69% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
CISA ADP	3.1	8.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
CNA	3.1	8.8	`CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	3.0	8.8	`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`
NVD	2.0	9.0	`AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Affected products

Dell EMC Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor
emc data_protection_advisor

Classification

Weakness

CWE-78 Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

securityfocus.com /bid/101008 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
zerodayinitiative.com /advisories/ZDI-17-812 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2017-10955
NVD: CVE-2017-10955

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Summary