CVE-2017-4983 is a privilege escalation vulnerability affecting EMC Data Domain OS versions 5.2 through 5.7 (before 5.7.3.0) and 6.0 (before 6.0.1.0). This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 6.7) allows a highly privileged local attacker to gain full control over the system, impacting confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no public exploit code available (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and the vulnerability has not been added to CISA's KEV catalog, indicating no known active exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.4CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_data_domain_os:5.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.