# CVE-2019-3727: OS command injection vulnerability

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

- **Severity:** Medium 6.4 (`CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/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:** 15 May 2019
- **Updated:** 17 Sep 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-56mm-hvp4-m2ff

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

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-3727?

It affects 2 products.


Products: 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.

## Is CVE-2019-3727 being exploited?

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

## Other vulnerabilities in Dell EMC RecoverPoint

- [CVE-2018-15772](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-15772/): Dell EMC RecoverPoint Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability (high 7.1)
- [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)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2019-3727 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: 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.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-3727 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-2019-3727/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2019-3727/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2019-3727
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-3727
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-3727

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