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Improper Access Control

CVE-2015-4526

Severity High
Score 7.2/10

Summary

EMC RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines (VMs) 4.2 allows local users to obtain root-shell access by bypassing the Installation Manager Boxmgmt CLI interface.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE
  • COMPLETE

CWE-284 - Improper Access Control

Listed 5th in the 'OWASP Top Ten', improper (or broken) access control attacks are a fundamental type of vulnerability. This includes a broad range of design flaws that enable users to act outside of their intended permissions. They can use these privileges to gain access to restricted files and functionality such as accessing restricted information, falsifying records, destroying data, or executing commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published