CVE-2017-8023 CRITICAL

CVE-2017-8023: EMC Networker Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Vendor Dell Emc
Product Networker
Published April 1, 2019
Last update September 16, 2024
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CVSS base score

9.8/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality High
Integrity High

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

What the vulnerability does

01Description

EMC NetWorker may potentially be vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Networker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when oldauth authentication method is used. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send arbitrary commands via RPC service to be executed on the host system with the privileges of the nsrexecd service, which runs with administrative privileges.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

April 1, 2019 CVE published
September 16, 2024 Record updated