CVE-2020-29495

CRITICAL
10
CVSS Score
Published: January 14, 2021 at 09:10 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 03:11 AM UTC
3 products affected across 1 vendorEMC Integrated Data Protection ApplianceEMC Avamar ServerAvamar

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Severity
CRITICAL10
Exploit prediction
EPSS 6%

Description

DELL EMC Avamar Server, versions 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, contain an OS Command Injection Vulnerability in Fitness Analyzer. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS with high privileges. This vulnerability is considered critical as it can be leveraged to completely compromise the vulnerable application as well as the underlying operating system. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.

Affected

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

v < HF 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
Affected range stops below HF 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

CVSS

10CRITICALdell
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
CHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
HIGH
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22CWE-78

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