Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU17813

XXE attack in iDRAC8 and iDRAC7 - CVE-2015-7273

Published: February 21, 2019

Vulnerability identifier: #VU17813

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 8.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7273

CWE-ID: CWE-611

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to conduct XXE-attack.

The vulnerability exists due to improper handling of XML External Entities (XXEs) when parsing an XML file. A remote attacker can submit a specially crafted input and obtain potentially sensitive information or cause the service to crash.

Affected software

iDRAC8
iDRAC7

How to mitigate CVE-2015-7273

Install update from vendor's website.

iDRAC8 - update to 2.21.21.21
iDRAC7 - update to 2.21.21.21

External References

https://downloads.dell.com/solutions/dell-management-solution-resources/Dell%20iDRAC%20Response%20to...

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