CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-15548

Improper Authentication

Published: Jan 05, 2018 | Modified: Jan 18, 2018
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
10 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.0. A remote unauthenticated malicious user can potentially bypass application authentication and gain unauthorized root access to the affected systems.

Weakness

When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Avamar_server Emc 7.1-21-sp2 (including) 7.1-21-sp2 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.1-145-sp1 (including) 7.1-145-sp1 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.1-302 (including) 7.1-302 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.1-370 (including) 7.1-370 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.2-32-sp1 (including) 7.2-32-sp1 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.2-309 (including) 7.2-309 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.2-401 (including) 7.2-401 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.3-125-sp1 (including) 7.3-125-sp1 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.3-211 (including) 7.3-211 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.3-226 (including) 7.3-226 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.3-233 (including) 7.3-233 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.4-58-sp1 (including) 7.4-58-sp1 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.4-242 (including) 7.4-242 (including)
Avamar_server Emc 7.5-183 (including) 7.5-183 (including)
Integrated_data_protection_appliance Emc 2.0 (including) 2.0 (including)
Networker Emc 9.0 (including) 9.0 (including)
Networker Emc 9.1 (including) 9.1 (including)
Networker Emc 9.2 (including) 9.2 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References