A vulnerability was found in Quest DR Series Disk Backup up to 4.0.3.0 (Backup Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is 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 41 of 46).

The bug was discovered 05/31/2018. The weakness was shared 06/02/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared at seclists.org. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-11183 since 05/16/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. A simple authentication is required for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1202 for this issue.

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.

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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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