CVE-2020-5352
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 · uneditedDell EMC Data Protection Advisor 6.4, 6.5 and 18.1 contain an OS command injection vulnerability. A remote authenticated malicious user may exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary commands on the affected system.
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 · high confidenceOS command injection vulnerability in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions 6.4, 6.5, and 18.1 allows a remote authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary operating system commands on the affected system via malicious input passed to insufficiently sanitized system calls.
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= 6.4= 6.5= 18.1CVSS 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
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- Low
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/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 DPA versionQuery the Data Protection Advisor application or check its About/Version information panel within the DPA console, or use the vendor-provided version check command if available in your deploymentAffected if The installed version is exactly 6.4, 6.5, or 18.1
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Verify DPA management interface is reachableConfirm the Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor web console or API endpoint is accessible from your network by attempting to reach the typical DPA management ports (consult DPA documentation for default ports)Affected if The DPA management interface is exposed on the network
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Confirm DPA user authentication is enabledCheck that DPA user accounts exist and authentication is required to access the DPA console, as this vulnerability requires an authenticated attackerAffected if DPA accepts authenticated user logins (the vulnerability requires valid credentials to exploit)
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Review network exposure of DPA management portsExamine firewall rules or network segmentation to determine if DPA management ports are accessible from untrusted networksAffected if DPA management interface is accessible from outside trusted network segments
You are affected if the installed Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor version is exactly 6.4, 6.5, or 18.1 and the DPA management interface is network-accessible to an authenticated attacker.
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 dataApply vendor patches or upgrade to a patched version of Data Protection Advisor. Until patches are applied, restrict network access to DPA management interfaces to trusted personnel only and minimize the number of accounts with administrative privileges.
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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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- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
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