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

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.7 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** An administrator
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 26 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-53fw-rm7m-jqgv

## 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 (Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-11077?

It affects 3 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2018-11077 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11077 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-2018-11076](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11076/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Information Exposure Vulnerability (medium 6.5)
- [CVE-2018-11067](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11067/): Dell EMC Avamar and Integrated Data Protection Appliance Open Redirection Vulnerability (medium 6.1)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-11077 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-11077 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-2018-11077/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-11077/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-11077
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-11077
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-11077

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