Memory corruption in EMC Data Domain - CVE-2017-14385
Published: December 19, 2017 / Updated: December 22, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9710
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-2017-14385
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Dell
Affected software:
EMC Data Domain
EMC Data Domain
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to boundary error when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can send specially crafted SMB1 data, trigger memory corruption in the SMB1 handler, completely shut down both the SMB service and active directory authentication and execute arbitrary code with elevated privileges.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-14385
Update to version 5.7.5.6; 6.0.2.9, 6.1.0.21.