CVE-2023-44279 Command injection in PowerProtect DD
A local high-privileged attacker can exploit an OS command injection in the administrator CLI to bypass restrictions and take over the system.
- 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-2023-44279?
CVE-2023-44279 is a medium-severity command injection vulnerability in Dell PowerProtect DD, published on 14 Dec 2023. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Dell PowerProtect DD , versions prior to 7.13.0.10, LTS 7.7.5.25, LTS 7.10.1.15, 6.2.1.110 contain an OS command injection vulnerability in administrator CLI. A local high privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, to bypass security restrictions. Exploitation may lead to a system take over by an attacker
Weakness: CWE-78
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-44279?
It affects 5 products.
Products include Dell Apex Protection Storage, Dell Emc Data Domain Os, Dell Powerprotect Data Domain, Dell Powerprotect Data Domain Management Center, Dell Powerprotect Data Protection.
How do I fix CVE-2023-44279?
No fix has been published for CVE-2023-44279 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-2023-44279 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-44279 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Dell PowerProtect DD
Sources
Also known as GHSA-jfr7-cv25-964g.