Dell Unity up to 5.4 os command injection

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Dell Unity up to 5.4. The impacted element is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to os command injection. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2025-22398. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Dell Unity up to 5.4. It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a os command injection vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-78. The product constructs all or part of an OS command using externally-influenced input from an upstream component, but it does not neutralize or incorrectly neutralizes special elements that could modify the intended OS command when it is sent to a downstream component. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Dell Unity, version(s) 5.4 and prior, contain(s) an Improper Neutralization of Special Elements used in an OS Command ('OS Command Injection') vulnerability. An unauthenticated attacker with remote access could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to arbitrary command execution as root. Exploitation may lead to a system take over by an attacker. This vulnerability is considered critical as it can be leveraged to completely compromise the operating system. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

The weakness was shared by Prowser as dsa-2025-116. The advisory is available at dell.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-22398 since 01/06/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 03/28/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1202 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 5.5.0.0.5.259 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Dell

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• Unity

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• 5.0
• 5.1
• 5.2
• 5.3
• 5.4

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.dell.com/

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