EMC Data Protection Advisor up to 6.3 path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in EMC Data Protection Advisor up to 6.3. Impacted is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2017-8003. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in EMC Data Protection Advisor up to 6.3. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability. A remote authenticated high privileged user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to access unauthorized information from the underlying OS server by supplying specially crafted strings in input parameters of the application.

The bug was discovered 07/06/2017. The weakness was disclosed 07/09/2017 by rgod as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-8003 since 04/21/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. A single authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 101530 (EMC Data Protection Advisor < 6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CGI abuses and running in the context r. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 11945 (EMC Data Protection Advisor Multiple Vulnerabilites (ESA-2017-075)).

Upgrading to version 6.4 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (101530) and SecurityFocus (BID 99487†). The entry VDB-103371 is pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 101530
Nessus Name: EMC Data Protection Advisor < 6.4 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 100711
OpenVAS Name: EMC Data Protection Advisor Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Data Protection Advisor 6.4

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: dellemc.com

Advisory: seclists.org
Researcher: rgod (rgod)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-8003 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-8003
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103372
SecurityFocus: 99487 - EMC Data Protection Advisor Directory Traversal and SQL Injection Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1038841

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/10/2017 09:30
Updated: 12/31/2020 12:50
Changes: 07/10/2017 09:30 (74), 10/24/2019 16:07 (6), 12/31/2020 12:45 (2), 12/31/2020 12:50 (1)
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