CVE-2018-1185 Command injection in EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.1.1, EMC RecoverPoint version 5.1.0.0, EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0.1.3

Medium 6.7 Published 3 Feb 2018 Updated 5 Aug 2024

Admin users can inject commands into the CLI to escape the restricted shell and execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

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-2018-1185?

CVE-2018-1185 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.1.1, EMC RecoverPoint version 5.1.0.0, EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0.1.3, published on 3 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

An issue was discovered in EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.1.1, EMC RecoverPoint version 5.1.0.0, and EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0.1.3. Command injection vulnerability in Admin CLI may allow a malicious user with admin privileges to escape from the restricted shell to an interactive shell and run arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1185?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Dell Emc Recoverpoint, Dell Emc Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1185?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1185 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-2018-1185 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1185 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x87v-q76c-q8h2.