CVE-2016-6649
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedEMC RecoverPoint versions before 4.4.1.1 and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines versions before 5.0 are affected by multiple command injection vulnerabilities where a malicious administrator with configuration privileges may bypass the user interface and escalate his privileges to root.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · moderate confidenceEMC RecoverPoint and RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines contain command injection vulnerabilities allowing a privileged administrator to bypass the user interface and execute commands as root, achieving privilege escalation beyond their assigned role.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data<= 4.0<= 4.4.1.0CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- High
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Identify the installed RecoverPoint versionAccess the RecoverPoint admin interface or use the system CLI to retrieve the version information. Common methods include checking the 'About' page in the web UI or running 'rpccli -version' or similar version commands available in the product documentation.Affected if The installed version is Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 4.0 or earlier, or EMC RecoverPoint 4.4.1.0 or earlier.
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Confirm the product typeDetermine whether the installation is EMC RecoverPoint (hardware/standalone) or RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (RP4VM). This is typically visible in the product name displayed in the admin interface or system information.Affected if The product is either EMC RecoverPoint version 4.4.1.0 or below, or RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines version 4.0 or below.
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Verify administrative access is enabledConfirm that the RecoverPoint administrative web interface or CLI is accessible and operational. Check if privileged administrator accounts exist in the system.Affected if The admin interface is accessible and privileged administrator accounts are configured, as this is the attack surface for the command injection.
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Check for unexpected administrative actionsReview admin audit logs, command history, or system logs for any suspicious commands executed through the interface that originate from administrators performing actions outside their intended role scope.
You are affected if your installed RecoverPoint version is 4.4.1.0 or earlier for EMC RecoverPoint, or 4.0 or earlier for RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines, AND the administrative interface is accessible with privileged administrator accounts configured.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpgrade EMC RecoverPoint to version 4.4.1.1 or later, and EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines to version 5.0 or later to address the command injection vulnerability.
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- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2016-6649 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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