RCE in Dell Avamar
CVE-2020-29495
DELL EMC Avamar Server, versions 19.1, 19.2, 19.3, contain an OS Command Injection Vulnerability in Fitness Analyzer. A remote unauthenticated attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to the execution of arbitrary OS commands on the application's underlying OS with high privileges. This vulnerability is considered critical as it can be leveraged to completely compromise the vulnerable application as well as the underlying operating system. Dell recommends customers to upgrade at the earliest opportunity.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.062 (93.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 10.0 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.
Affected products
- Dell Avamar — versions unspecified
- Dell Emc_avamar_server — versions 19.1, 19.2, 19.3
- Dell Emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance — versions 2.5, 2.6
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- security_alert@emc.com (Patch, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-29495?
- CVE-2020-29495 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Dell Avamar, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 10.0/10. Published 2021-01-14.
- How severe is CVE-2020-29495?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 10.0 out of 10.