CVE-2018-11077 Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Command Injection Vulnerability

Medium 6.7 Published 26 Nov 2018 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A malicious admin can execute arbitrary commands with root privileges via the getlogs utility in Dell EMC Avamar and IDPA.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: An administrator
Attackable: Local or same network only
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-11077?

CVE-2018-11077 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell EMC Avamar, published on 26 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

'getlogs' utility 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 and 18.1 and Dell EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance (IDPA) versions 2.0, 2.1 and 2.2 is affected by an OS command injection vulnerability. A malicious Avamar admin user may potentially be able to execute arbitrary commands under root privilege.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11077?

It affects 3 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2018-11077?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-11077 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and pass arguments to programs as a list instead of through a shell. More about Command injection.

Is CVE-2018-11077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11077 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-53fw-rm7m-jqgv.