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CVE-2018-15772: Dell EMC RecoverPoint Uncontrolled Resource Consumption Vulnerability

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-11-13 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-400

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 products

• Dell Emc Recoverpoint: before 5.1.2.1 — fixed in 5.1.2.1
• Dell Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines: before 5.2.0.2 — fixed in 5.2.0.2

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Emc Recoverpoint 5.1.2.1; Dell Emc Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines 5.2.0.2. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105916
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042059
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/34
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105916
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1042059
• https://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2018/Nov/34

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