CVE-2017-15548 is a critical authentication bypass vulnerability affecting EMC Avamar Server, NetWorker Virtual Edition, and Integrated Data Protection Appliance. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can exploit this flaw to gain unauthorized root access to affected systems. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with low complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While no public exploit code is currently available, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion and media attention.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
7.1-21CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-21:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1-145CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-145:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1-302CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-302:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.1-370CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.1-370:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
7.2-32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:avamar_server:7.2-32:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.