VDB-100855 · CVE-2017-4983 · BID 98047

EMC Data Domain OS up to 5.7.2.x/6.0.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in EMC Data Domain OS up to 5.7.2.x/6.0.0. The impacted element is an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-4983. The attack needs to be launched locally. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in EMC Data Domain OS up to 5.7.2.x/6.0.0. Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

EMC Data Domain OS 5.2 through 5.7 before 5.7.3.0 and 6.0 before 6.0.1.0 is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system.

The bug was discovered 05/03/2017. The weakness was published 05/04/2017 as confirmed posting (Bugtraq). It is possible to read the advisory at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-4983 since 12/29/2016. The exploitation appears to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1068 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. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11953 (EMC Data Domain Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (ESA-2017-036)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at SecurityFocus (BID 98047†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1038404†). Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.4
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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

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OpenVAS ID: 100711
OpenVAS Name: EMC Data Domain Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
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12/29/2016 🔍
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05/03/2017 +6 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2017-4983 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-4983
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-100855
SecurityFocus: 98047 - EMC Data Domain OS CVE-2017-4983 Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability
OSVDB: - CVE-2017-4983 - Emc - Data Domain - Medium
SecurityTracker: 1038404

Entryinfo

Created: 05/05/2017 09:01
Changes: 05/05/2017 09:01 (73)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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