Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines
CVE-2024-22426
CRITICAL
Vulnerability Assessment
| Weakness |
CWE
OWASP Top 10:2025
A06:2025 - Insecure Design
ASVS 5.0
V5 - File Handling File type validation, storage isolation
MITRE ATT&CK
2 techniques across 2 tactics: Command and Control, Persistence The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up. |
| Impact | CVSS score of 9.8 (CRITICAL). Attack characteristics: network attack vector, low complexity, no privileges required, no user interaction not required. |
| Exploit ScenarioDerived | A remote attacker could upload malicious files that can be executed on the server by sending crafted requests to the affected application. No authentication is required to exploit this vulnerability. |
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Alert meAnalysisAI
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.3.x, 6.0.SP1 contains an OS Command injection vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerability is remotely exploitable, no authentication required, low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Validate file types server-side, store uploads outside webroot, use random filenames, scan for malware.
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Technical ContextAI · show details
This vulnerability is classified as Unrestricted File Upload (CWE-434), which allows attackers to upload malicious files that can be executed on the server. Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.3.x, 6.0.SP1 contains an OS Command injection vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to execute arbitrary operating system commands, which will get executed in the context of the root user, resulting in a complete system compromise. Affected products include: Dell Recoverpoint For Virtual Machines.
Severity by source
AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
DescriptionNVD
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.3.x, 6.0.SP1 contains an OS Command injection vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to execute arbitrary operating system commands, which will get executed in the context of the root user, resulting in a complete system compromise.
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Attack Technique
OS command injection occurs when an application passes unsanitized user input directly into system shell commands.
Malicious file upload attacks exploit insufficient validation when web applications accept user-provided files.
Affected Products (CPE)NVD
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines prior to 6.0.3.1 HF1 contains hardcoded credentials (CVE-2026-22769, CVSS 10.0) t
Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, contain a command inje
Dell RecoverPoint for VMs, version(s) 6.0.x contain(s) a Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm vulnerability
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains use of hard-coded credentials vulnerability. Rated critical severi
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains a vulnerability. Rated critical severity (CVSS 9.8), this vulnerab
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.3.x, 6.0.SP1 contains a brute force/dictionary attack vulnerability. Rated crit
Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains an OS Command injection vulnerability. Rated high severity (CVSS 8
Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs versions prior to 5.1.1.3, under certain conditio
EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.0 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions prior to 5.0 have an SSL Strip
OS command injection in Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions 6.0.3 and 6.0.3.1 enables a high-privileged remo
EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (VMs) 4.2 allows local users to obtain root-shell access by bypassing the Installa
EMC RecoverPoint versions before 4.4.1.1 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions before 5.0 are affected by m
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