CVE-2023-44277

Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2023-12-14 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Dell PowerProtect DD, versions prior to 7.13.0.10, LTS 7.7.5.25, LTS 7.10.1.15, 6.2.1.110 contain an OS command injection vulnerability in the CLI. A local low privileged attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS, with the privileges of the vulnerable application. Exploitation may lead to a system take over by an attacker.

Affected products

Dell Apex Protection Storage: before 6.2.1.110; from 7.0 before 7.10.1.15 — fixed in 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15
EMC Data Domain OS 5.2 through 5.7 before 5.7.3.0 and 6.0 before 6.0.1.0: before 6.2.1.110; from 7.0 before 7.12.0.0; from 7.7 before 7.7.5.25; from 7.10 before 7.10.1.15 — fixed in 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15, 7.12.0.0, 7.7.5.25
Dell Powerprotect Data Domain: before 6.2.1.110; from 7.0 before 7.12.0.0 — fixed in 6.2.1.110, 7.12.0.0
Dell PowerProtect DD: before 6.2.1.110; from 7.0 before 7.13.0.10; from 7.7 before 7.7.5.25; from 7.10 before 7.10.1.15 — fixed in 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15, 7.13.0.10, 7.7.5.25
Dell Powerprotect Data Protection: before 2.7.6 — fixed in 2.7.6

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Apex Protection Storage 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15; EMC Data Domain OS 5.2 through 5.7 before 5.7.3.0 and 6.0 before 6.0.1.0 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15, 7.12.0.0, 7.7.5.25; Dell Powerprotect Data Domain 6.2.1.110, 7.12.0.0; Dell PowerProtect DD 6.2.1.110, 7.10.1.15, 7.13.0.10, 7.7.5.25; Dell Powerprotect Data Protection 2.7.6. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

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