CVE-2019-18581
highpriority · track · 30OT risk · elevatedEPSS 0.039 · 90 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.3, 6.4, 6.5, 18.2 versions prior to patch 83, and 19.1 versions prior to patch 71 contain a server missing authorization vulnerability in the REST API. A remote authenticated malicious user with administrative privileges may potentially exploit this vulnerability to alter the application’s allowable list of OS commands. This may lead to arbitrary OS command execution as the regular user runs the DPA service on the affected system.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–critical · 6.6–9.1
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affected products (12)
Products and version ranges known to be affected.
- Dell Data Protection Advisorunspecified → 6.3, 6.4, 6.5 and version prior to 18.2 patch 83 and prior to 19.1 patch 71enisa_euvdEU
- dell emc data protection advisor= 18.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc data protection advisor= 18.2nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc data protection advisor= 19.1nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc data protection advisor= 6.3nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc data protection advisor= 6.4nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc data protection advisor= 6.5nvdUScpe:2.3:a:dell:emc_data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc integrated data protection appliance firmware= 2.0nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc integrated data protection appliance firmware= 2.1nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc integrated data protection appliance firmware= 2.2nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc integrated data protection appliance firmware= 2.3nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- dell emc integrated data protection appliance firmware= 2.4nvdUScpe:2.3:o:dell:emc_integrated_data_protection_appliance_firmware:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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references (5)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-18581cnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/539430/DSA-2019-155-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Security-Update-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilitiescnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/security/zh-cn/details/539430/DSA-2019-155-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Security-Update-for-Multiple-VulnerabilitiesPatchcnnvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/539430/DSA-2019-155-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Security-Update-for-Multiple-Vulnerabilitiesenisa_euvd
- https://www.dell.com/support/security/en-us/details/539430/DSA-2019-155-Dell-EMC-Data-Protection-Advisor-Security-Update-for-Multiple-VulnerabilitiesVendor Advisorynvd
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