Vulnerability Intelligence Report
EMC Networker Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
CVE-2017-8023
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.
No Active Exploit Signals
CVSS Base Score
9.8
CRITICAL
Exploitability:3.9
Impact Score:5.9
EPSS Probability:5.88%
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Attack Surface
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Weaponization
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SSVC Action
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Affected Products & Versions
| Vendor | Product | Affected Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Dell EMC | Networker | 8.2.X (affected), 9.0.X (affected), unspecified < 9.1.15 (affected), unspecified < 9.2.1 (affected) |
References & Technical Advisories
No reference links found.
Threat Intelligence Signals
EPSS Score
5.876%
GitHub Advisory
Identity & Timeline
| Status | PUBLISHED |
| Assigning Authority | Dell · Vendor · USA |
| Reserved | 2017-04-21T00:00:00 |
| Published | 2019-04-01T20:54:47 |
| Patch Date | 2019-03-26 |
| Last Updated | 2024-09-16T17:19:13 |
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