Privilege escalation in EMC Data Domain - CVE-2017-4983
Published: April 23, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12106
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 8.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-4983
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can obtain the Security Office (SO) user's public key and use the key to login with SO privileges.
The weakness exists due to improper security restrictions. A local attacker can obtain the Security Office (SO) user's public key and use the key to login with SO privileges.
Affected software
EMC Data Domain
How to mitigate CVE-2017-4983
Update to versions 5.7.3 or 6.0.1.