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CVE-2018-1185

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.7 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 6.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• 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 Admin CLI may allow a malicious user with admin privileges to escape from the restricted shell to an interactive shell 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
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44614/
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Feb/9
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040320
• https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/44614/

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