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CVE-2018-15772

Dell EMC RecoverPoint Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

N/A

Published: November 13, 2018 at 02:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:43 AM UTC

4 products affected across 2 vendorsEMC RecoverpointEMC Recoverpoint for Virtual MachinesDell EMC RecoverPoint

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 0.4%

Description

Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2.1 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.2.0.2 contain an uncontrolled resource consumption vulnerability. A malicious boxmgmt user may potentially be able to consume large amount of CPU bandwidth to make the system slow or to determine the existence of any system file via Boxmgmt CLI.

Affected

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

EMC Recoverpoint · Dell

95%

v < 5.1.2.1

Affected range stops below 5.1.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

EMC Recoverpoint for Virtual Machines · Dell

95%

v < 5.2.0.2

Affected range stops below 5.2.0.2, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Dell EMC RecoverPoint · Dellemc

60%

v < 5.1.2.1

Affected range stops below 5.1.2.1, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines · Dellemc

60%

v < 5.2.0.2

Affected range stops below 5.2.0.2, 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 (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105916

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042059

Mailing Listx_refsource_FULLDISCThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/34

CVSS

3.6LOW[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: NONE
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-400

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