Arbitrary code execution in Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance and VMAX Virtual Appliance Manager - CVE-2016-6646

 

Arbitrary code execution in Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance and VMAX Virtual Appliance Manager - CVE-2016-6646

Published: October 4, 2016 / Updated: October 5, 2016


Vulnerability identifier: #VU758
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6646
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
Solutions Enabler Virtual Appliance
VMAX Virtual Appliance Manager

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote user to cause arbitrary code execution on the target system.
The weakness is caused by insufficient input validation. By uploading specially crafted data to the GetSymmCmdRequest or RemoteServiceHandler class atackers can execute arbitary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in arbitrary code execution on the vulnerable system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-6646

Update to version 8.3.0.

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