CVE-2018-1235 is a critical command injection vulnerability affecting Dell EMC RecoverPoint versions prior to 5.1.2 and RecoverPoint for VMs prior to 5.1.1.3. This flaw allows an unauthenticated remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges on the compromised system. With a CVSS score of 9.8 (Critical), it presents a high risk due to its network-based attack vector, low complexity, and complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed in CISA's KEV catalog, an ExploitDB entry (EDB-44920) exists for local root command execution, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 5.1.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:recoverpoint:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 5.1.1.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:emc:recoverpoint_for_virtual_machines:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.