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EMC RepliStor Server Service DoASOCommand Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-09-068: April 7th, 2009

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Affected Vendors

Affected Products

TippingPoint™ IPS Customer Protection

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Vulnerability Details

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of EMC RepliStor. Authentication is not required to exploit this vulnerability.

The specific flaw exists within the DoRcvRpcCall RPC function exposed via the rep_srv.exe process which listens by default on TCP port 7144. The function responsible for handling opcode 36 calls CreateProcessW with user-supplied arguments. A malicious attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the SYSTEM user.

Vendor Response

EMC states:

EMC has released a Security Alert (ESA) identifier ESA-09-003 to customers through Powerlink.


Disclosure Timeline

    2009-03-13 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
    2009-04-07 - Coordinated public release of advisory

Credit

This vulnerability was discovered by:
    Anonymous