# CVE-2018-15772: Dell EMC RecoverPoint Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

> A malicious boxmgmt user can consume excessive CPU resources, causing system slowdowns or revealing file existence via the CLI.

- **Severity:** High 7.1 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Local or same network only
- **Victim action needed:** Not needed
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 13 Nov 2018
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-fh29-p7gc-qwhp

## What is CVE-2018-15772?

CVE-2018-15772 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 13 Nov 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

### Official description

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2.1 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.2.0.2 contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A malicious boxmgmt user may potentially be able to consume large amount of CPU bandwidth to make the system slow or to determine the existence of any system file via Boxmgmt CLI.

Weakness: CWE-400 (Uncontrolled Resource Consumption)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-15772?

It affects 2 products.


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

## How do I fix CVE-2018-15772?

No fix has been published for CVE-2018-15772 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2018-15772 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-15772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC RecoverPoint

- [CVE-2018-1184](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-1184/): 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)
- [CVE-2018-1185](https://insights.sbomify.com/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)
- [CVE-2019-3727](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3727/): OS command injection vulnerability (medium 6.4)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2018-15772 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2018-15772 is a high-severity denial of service vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 13 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-2018-15772 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Dell EMC RecoverPoint. 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-2018-15772/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15772/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-15772
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15772
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15772

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