THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2017-15550
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2017-15550

Avamar Server vulnerability

CVSS
8.8
EPSS
8.2%
EPSS pct
94th
Exploited
No known
An issue was discovered in EMC Avamar Server 7.1.x, 7.2.x, 7.3.x, 7.4.x, 7.5.0; EMC NetWorker Virtual Edition (NVE) 9.0.x, 9.1.x, 9.2.x; and EMC Integrated Data Protection Appliance 2.0. A remote authenticated malicious user with low privileges could access arbitrary files on the server file system in the context of the running vulnerable application via Path traversal.
Affected vendor
Emc
Affected product
Avamar Server
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2018-01-05

Risk analysis

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

Its EPSS score of 8.2% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 94% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2017-15550

  • Confirm whether Emc Avamar Server is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2017-15550.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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