A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Quest DR Series Disk Backup up to 4.0.3.0 (Backup Software). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-77. The product constructs all or part of a command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended command when it is sent to a downstream component. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Quest DR Series Disk Backup software version before 4.0.3.1 allows command injection (issue 19 of 46).

The bug was discovered 05/31/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/02/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). It is possible to read the advisory at seclists.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-11161 since 05/16/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation needs a single authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 4.0.3.1 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entries VDB-118549, VDB-118550, VDB-118551 and VDB-118552 are pretty similar.

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• Backup Software

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• Quest

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• DR Series Disk Backup

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• 4.0.0
• 4.0.1
• 4.0.2
• 4.0.3

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• commercial

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