What’s Vulnerable › Vulnerabilities

CVE-2024-0170

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2024-02-12 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-78

Description

Dell Unity, versions prior to 5.4, contains an OS Command Injection Vulnerability in its svc_cava utility. An authenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, escaping the restricted shell and execute arbitrary operating system commands with root privileges.

Affected products

• Dell Unity: before 5.4.0.0.5.094 — fixed in 5.4.0.0.5.094

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Dell Unity 5.4.0.0.5.094. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000222010/dsa-2024-042-dell-unity-dell-unity-vsa-and-dell-unity-xt-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities
• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000222010/dsa-2024-042-dell-unity-dell-unity-vsa-and-dell-unity-xt-security-update-for-multiple-vulnerabilities

Get alerted when CVE-2024-0170 or the next vulnerability affects your stack