CVE-2018-1242 Command injection in Dell EMC RecoverPoint

Medium 6.5 Published 29 May 2018 Updated 16 Sep 2024

An authenticated attacker with boxmgmt privileges can exploit a command injection flaw in the CLI to read restricted RPA files.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Any signed-in user
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: None listed

What is CVE-2018-1242?

CVE-2018-1242 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 29 May 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contains a command injection vulnerability in the Boxmgmt CLI. An authenticated malicious user with boxmgmt privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read RPA files. Note that files that require root permission cannot be read.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-1242?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Emc Recoverpoint, Emc Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines.

How do I fix CVE-2018-1242?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-1242 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-2018-1242 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-1242 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-rpc4-qm54-hwgm.