Advisory Details

September 26th, 2017

Dell EMC VNX Monitoring and Reporting Scheduler Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-17-827
ZDI-CAN-4754

CVE ID CVE-2017-8007
CVSS SCORE 9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS Dell EMC
AFFECTED PRODUCTS VNX Monitoring and Reporting
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['28230']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
VULNERABILITY DETAILS


This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Dell EMC VNX Monitoring and Reporting. Although authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability, the existing authentication mechanism can be bypassed.

The specific flaw exists within Scheduler.class. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of SYSTEM.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Dell EMC has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2017/Sep/51
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2017-05-04 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2017-09-26 - Coordinated public release of advisory
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