CVE intelligence and bounded remediation

CVE-2019-18581 — Dell Emc Data Protection Advisor security vulnerability

Critical CVSS 9.1

Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 18.2 versions prior to patch 83, and 19.1 versions prior to patch 71 contain a server missing authorization vulnerability in the REST API. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter the application’s allowable list of OS commands. This may lead to arbitrary OS command execution as the regular user runs the DPA service on the affected system.

Severity
Critical
CVSS
9.1 (3.0)
Published
2020-03-18
CISA KEV
Not currently listed
Ecosystem
software/application
Weaknesses
CWE-862

Affected products

  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 6.3
  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 6.4
  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 6.5
  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 18.1
  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 18.2
  • dell / emc_data_protection_advisor / 19.1

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Matched remediation archetype

Authorization bypass, IDOR, and cross-tenant access

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Check exposure

  • Map object and action authorization checks across API, UI, batch, import/export, and background-job paths.
  • Identify tenant, ownership, role, and policy boundaries for affected resources and administrative operations.
  • Use synthetic fixtures to compare intended access matrices without accessing another user's real data.

Remediate safely

  • Enforce server-side authorization at each resource access and state transition using the authenticated principal and trusted tenant context.
  • Scope data queries by tenant and ownership; treat client-supplied identifiers, roles, and policy claims as untrusted.
  • Add deny-by-default policy tests for horizontal and vertical access across every affected transport.

Authoritative sources

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