Dell EMC Unity OE/UnityVSA OE 4.3.0.x/4.3.1.x File Permission permission

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A vulnerability was found in Dell EMC Unity OE and UnityVSA OE 4.3.0.x/4.3.1.x. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component File Permission. The manipulation results in permission. This vulnerability is reported as CVE-2018-11064. The attack requires a local approach. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell EMC Unity OE and UnityVSA OE 4.3.0.x/4.3.1.x. It has been classified as critical. Affected is some unknown processing of the component File Permission. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a permission vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-275. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell EMC Unity OE versions 4.3.0.x and 4.3.1.x and UnityVSA OE versions 4.3.0.x and 4.3.1.x contains an Incorrect File Permissions vulnerability. A locally authenticated malicious user could potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter multiple library files in service tools that might result in arbitrary code execution with elevated privileges. No user file systems are directly affected by this vulnerability.

The bug was discovered 09/26/2018. The weakness was disclosed 10/05/2018 as not defined mailinglist post (Full-Disclosure). The advisory is shared for download at seclists.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-11064 since 05/14/2018. The attack needs to be approached locally. Required for exploitation is a authentication. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 05/22/2023). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1222.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 9 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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 105447†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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• Dell EMC

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• Unity OE
• UnityVSA OE

Version

• 4.3.0.x
• 4.3.1.x

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dellemc.com/

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