CVE-2019-3727 OS command injection vulnerability

Medium 6.4 Published 15 May 2019 Updated 17 Sep 2024

A malicious boxmgmt user can execute arbitrary commands as root via OS command injection in the installation feature.

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-2019-3727?

CVE-2019-3727 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell EMC RecoverPoint, published on 15 May 2019. 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 5.1.3 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.2.0.2 contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the installation feature of Boxmgmt CLI. A malicious boxmgmt user may potentially be able to execute arbitrary commands as root.

Weakness: CWE-78

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3727?

It affects 2 products.

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

How do I fix CVE-2019-3727?

No fix has been published for CVE-2019-3727 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-2019-3727 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3727 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-56mm-hvp4-m2ff.