Dell Repository Manager up to 3.4.4 Logger improper authorization

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Repository Manager up to 3.4.4. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Logger Module. This manipulation causes improper authorization. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-28977. The attack is restricted to local execution. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in Dell Repository Manager up to 3.4.4 and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Logger Module. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authorization vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-285. The product does not perform or incorrectly performs an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Dell Repository Manager, versions 3.4.2 through 3.4.4,contains a Path Traversal vulnerability in logger module. A local attacker with low privileges could potentially exploit this vulnerability to gain unauthorized read access to the files stored on the server filesystem with the privileges of the running web application.

The weakness was disclosed by Jakub Brzozowski as dsa-2024-190. The advisory is shared at dell.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-28977 since 03/13/2024. The exploitation appears to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/22/2025). MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1548.002 for this issue.

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

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• Dell

Name

• Repository Manager

Version

• 3.4.0
• 3.4.1
• 3.4.2
• 3.4.3
• 3.4.4

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• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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