EMC ViPR SRM/Storage M/R/VNX M/R/M/R Java Management Extension access control

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability identified as problematic has been detected in EMC ViPR SRM, Storage M, R, VNX M, R, M and R. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Java Management Extension. This manipulation causes access control. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-8012. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available.

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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in EMC ViPR SRM, Storage M, R, VNX M, R, M and R (Supplier Relationship Management Software). Affected by this vulnerability is some unknown functionality of the component Java Management Extension. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-284. The product does not restrict or incorrectly restricts access to a resource from an unauthorized actor. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

In EMC ViPR SRM, Storage M&R, VNX M&R, and M&R (Watch4Net) for SAS Solution Packs, the Java Management Extensions (JMX) protocol used to communicate between components in the Alerting and/or Compliance components can be leveraged to create a denial of service (DoS) condition. Attackers with knowledge of JMX agent user credentials could potentially exploit this vulnerability to create arbitrary files on the affected system and create a DoS condition by leveraging inherent JMX protocol capabilities.

The bug was discovered 09/20/2017. The weakness was released 09/22/2017 by rgod (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-8012 since 04/21/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/14/2021). 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 $5k-$25k. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 371091 (Dell EMC ViPR SRM Directory Traversal Vulnerability).

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 vulnerability database at SecurityFocus (BID 100982†). Entry connected to this vulnerability is available at VDB-107010. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Supplier Relationship Management Software

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• EMC

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• M
• R
• R
• R
• Storage M
• ViPR SRM
• VNX M

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dellemc.com/

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