ESA-2017-036: EMC Data Domain Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

ESA-2017-036: EMC Data Domain Privilege Escalation Vulnerability 

EMC Identifier: ESA-2017-036
  
CVE Identifier: CVE-2017-4983

Severity Rating: CVSS v3 Base Score: 6.7 (AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Affected products: 

• EMC Data Domain OS 5.2 All versions 
• EMC Data Domain OS 5.4 All versions
• EMC Data Domain OS 5.5 All versions
• EMC Data Domain OS 5.6 All versions
• EMC Data Domain OS 5.7 All versions prior to DD OS 5.7.3.0
• EMC Data Domain OS 6.0 All versions prior to DD OS 6.0.1.0

Summary: 

EMC Data Domain  OS is affected by a privilege escalation vulnerability that may potentially be exploited by attackers to compromise the affected system. 

Details: 

EMC Data Domain OS is potentially vulnerable to a privilege escalation vulnerability. 
A rogue administrator may be able to log in as the Security Office (SO) and escalate privileges by using SO user’s public key that is stored unprotected on the Data Domain system.  

Resolution: 

EMC recommends all customers upgrade to one of the versions listed below at the earliest opportunity, after verifying environment compatibility:

• EMC Data Domain 5.7 - DD OS 5.7.3.0 or later
• EMC Data Domain 6.0 - DD OS 6.0.1.0 or later

Please verify that the backup software in your environment is compatible with the target DD OS version before upgrading your system.


Link to remedies:
Registered EMC Online Support customers can download patches and software from: 

• EMC Data Domain OS 5.7 version 5.7.3.0 is available at: https://support.emc.com
• EMC Data Domain OS 6.0 version 6.0.1.0 is available at: https://support.emc.com

If you have any questions, please contact EMC Support.

Credit:
EMC would like to thank Geoffrey Janjua from Northrop Grumman for reporting this vulnerability.

Read and use the information in this EMC Security Advisory to assist in avoiding any situation that might arise from the problems described herein. If you have any questions regarding this product alert, contact EMC Software Technical Support at 1-877-534-2867. 


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