# CVE-2018-11067: Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Open Redirection Vulnerability

> Remote attackers can redirect users to malicious sites via crafted links, facilitating phishing attacks against Dell EMC Avamar and IDPA users.

- **Severity:** Medium 6.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-56qv-9p9c-2q4v

## What is CVE-2018-11067?

CVE-2018-11067 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar, published on 26 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Dell EMC Avamar Client Manager in Dell EMC Avamar Server versions 7.2.0, 7.2.1, 7.3.0, 7.3.1, 7.4.0, 7.4.1, 7.5.0, 7.5.1, 18.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 contain an open redirection vulnerability. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability to redirect application users to arbitrary web URLs by tricking the victim users to click on maliciously crafted links. The vulnerability could be used to conduct phishing attacks that cause users to unknowingly visit malicious sites.

Weakness: CWE-601 (URL Redirection to Untrusted Site)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11067?

It affects 3 products.


Products: Dell Emc Avamar, Dell Emc Integrated Data Protection Appliance, Vmware Vsphere Data Protection.

## How do I fix CVE-2018-11067?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11067 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-11067 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC Avamar

- [CVE-2018-11066](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11066/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Remote Code Execution Vulnerability (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-1217](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1217/): Missing authorization in Avamar, Integrated Data Protection Appliance (critical 9.8)
- [CVE-2018-11077](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11077/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability (medium 6.7)
- [CVE-2018-11076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11076/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Information Exposure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11067 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-11067 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar, published on 26 Nov 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11067 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC Avamar. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11067/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11067/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11067
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11067
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11067

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