HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2013-0929

Alphastor vulnerability

CVSS
7.6
EPSS
3.4%
EPSS pct
88th
Exploited
No known
Format string vulnerability in the _vsnsprintf function in rrobotd.exe in the Device Manager in EMC AlphaStor 4.0 before build 800 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a command.
Affected vendor
Emc
Affected product
Alphastor
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-134 — Uncontrolled Format String
Published
2013-01-21

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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  • Confirm whether Emc Alphastor is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
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