CVE-2024-22461
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 RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains an OS Command injection vulnerability. A low privileged remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability by running any command as root, leading to gaining of root-level access and compromise of complete 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 · moderate confidenceDell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 6.0.x contains an OS Command Injection vulnerability that allows a low privileged remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands with root privileges. The vulnerability is network-exploitable and enables complete system compromise by running any command as the root user.
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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= 6.0CVSS 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
- 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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Confirm Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines is installedLocate the Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines installation in your environment. This is typically deployed as a virtual appliance. Check your virtualization inventory (VMware vSphere, Microsoft Hyper-V, or KVM) for the RecoverPoint VM.Affected if The product is not present in your environment
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Verify the installed versionAccess the RecoverPoint management interface or use the appliance's built-in version check command. Compare your installed version against the affected range: 6.0.x (specifically = 6.0).Affected if The installed version is 6.0.x (= 6.0)
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Assess network accessibilityDetermine if the RecoverPoint management interface or its network services are accessible from untrusted networks. Check firewall rules and network segmentation around the RecoverPoint appliance.Affected if The management interface is exposed to untrusted networks or the internet
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Check for evidence of command injectionReview system logs on the RecoverPoint appliance for suspicious commands, unexpected shell executions, or unauthorized process spawning. Look for commands running as root from unexpected sources.Affected if Unexplained root-level commands or suspicious process activity appears in logs or system monitoring
You are affected if Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines version 6.0 is installed and its interface is network-accessible to an 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 the vendor patch for CVE-2024-22461 immediately. If patching is delayed, isolate the affected system via network segmentation and restrict access to trusted administrators only.
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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-2024-22461 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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