Missing Authorization in EMC Data Protection Advisor - CVE-2019-18581
Published: March 18, 2020 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU34726
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:H/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-18581
CWE-ID: CWE-862
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Data Protection Advisor
EMC Data Protection Advisor
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote privileged user to execute arbitrary code.
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 18.2 versions prior to patch 83, and 19.1 versions prior to patch 71 contain a server missing authorization vulnerability in the REST API. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter the application’s allowable list of OS commands. This may lead to arbitrary OS command execution as the regular user runs the DPA service on the affected system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-18581
Install update from vendor's website.