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CVE-2018-1184

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-02-03 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

An issue was discovered in EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.1.1, EMC RecoverPoint version 5.1.0.0, and EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0.1.3. Command injection vulnerability in Boxmgmt CLI may allow a malicious user with boxmgmt privileges to bypass Boxmgmt CLI and run arbitrary commands with root privileges.

Affected products

• Dell Emc Recoverpoint: before 5.0.1.3; 5.1.0.0 — fixed in 5.0.1.3
• Dell Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines: before 5.1.1 — fixed in 5.1.1

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Emc Recoverpoint 5.0.1.3; Dell Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines 5.1.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/9
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040320
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/9
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040320

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