Emc Data Protection Advisor
CVE-2020-5352
HIGH
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A05:2025 - Injection
ASVS 5.0
V1 - Encoding and Sanitization OS command sanitization, avoid shell exec
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 1 tactic: Execution The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 8.8 (HIGH). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, low privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host by sending crafted requests to the affected application. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Avoid passing user input to shell commands. Use language-specific APIs instead of shell execution. Apply strict input validation with allowlists.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as OS Command Injection (CWE-78), which allows attackers to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the host. Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system. Affected products include: Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.
Threat Intelligence Overview
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
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