VDB-112255 · CVE-2017-18044 · GCVE-0-2017-18044

Commvault up to 11 SP5 CVDataPipe.dll command injection

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Commvault up to 11 SP5 and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality in the library ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll. This manipulation causes command injection. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2017-18044. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Commvault up to 11 SP5. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown part in the library ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll. 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:

A Command Injection issue was discovered in ContentStore/Base/CVDataPipe.dll in Commvault before v11 SP6. A certain message parsing function inside the Commvault service does not properly validate the input of an incoming string before passing it to CreateProcess. As a result, a specially crafted message can inject commands that will be executed on the target operating system. Exploitation of this vulnerability does not require authentication and can lead to SYSTEM level privilege on any system running the cvd daemon. This is a different vulnerability than CVE-2017-3195.

The bug was discovered 01/19/2018. The weakness was published 01/19/2018 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2017-18044 since 01/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details of the vulnerability are known, but there is no available exploit. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1202 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as highly functional.

Applying the patch 11 SP6 is able to eliminate this problem.

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Productinfo

Name

Commvault

Version

11 SP5

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.5
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.4

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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NVD Base Score: 9.8
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Command injection
CWE: CWE-77 / CWE-74 / CWE-707
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Highly functional

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MetaSploit ID: commvault_cmd_exec.rb
MetaSploit Name: Commvault Communications Service (cvd) Command Injection
MetaSploit File: 🔍

Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Patch
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Patch: 11 SP6

Timelineinfo

01/19/2018 🔍
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01/20/2018 +1 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: github.com
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2017-18044 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-18044
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-112255

Entryinfo

Created: 01/20/2018 13:31
Updated: 02/02/2023 10:00
Changes: 01/20/2018 13:31 (57), 12/25/2019 13:25 (4), 02/02/2023 10:00 (4)
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