CVE-2017-8023 is a critical unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability affecting EMC NetWorker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when using the oldauth authentication method. An attacker can send arbitrary commands via RPC to be executed with administrative privileges on the host system. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is easily exploitable over the network with no user interaction, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and it is not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
>= 8.2.0.0, < 8.2.4.11CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_networker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.0.0.0, <= 9.0.1.9CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_networker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.1.0.0, < 9.1.1.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_networker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
>= 9.2.0.0, < 9.2.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_networker:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
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.