CVE-2018-1242

N/A

Published: May 29, 2018 at 05:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:50 AM UTC

4 products affected across 2 vendorsRecoverpointRecoverpoint for Virtual MachinesDell EMC RecoverPoint

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contains a command injection vulnerability in the Boxmgmt CLI. An authenticated malicious user with boxmgmt privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to read RPA files. Note that files that require root permission cannot be read.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Recoverpoint · EMC

95%

v < 5.1.2

Affected range stops below 5.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines · EMC

95%

v < 5.1.1.3

Affected range stops below 5.1.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Dell EMC RecoverPoint · Dellemc

60%

v < 5.1.2

Affected range stops below 5.1.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines · Dellemc

60%

v < 5.1.1.3

Affected range stops below 5.1.1.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (2)

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/May/61

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104246

CVSS

4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-78

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