Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR)

1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data

EUVDB-ID: #VU23051

Risk: High

CVSSv3.1: 9 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18580

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data within the Java RMI service. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted RMI request to the application and execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.

Mitigation

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

Vulnerable software versions

Dell EMC Storage Monitoring and Reporting (SMR): 4.3.1

External links

http://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/538977/DSA-2019-176-Dell-EMC-Storage-Monitoring-and-Reporting-SMR-Java-RMI-Deserialization-of-Untruste
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-19-996/

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

How the attacker can exploit this vulnerability?

The attacker would have to send a specially crafted request to the affected application in order to exploit this vulnerability.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.