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Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

CVE-2024-22425

Severity Medium
Score 6.5/10

Summary

Dell RecoverPoint for Virtual Machines 5.3.x, 6.0.SP1 contains a brute force/dictionary attack vulnerability. An unauthenticated remote attacker could potentially exploit this vulnerability, leading to launch a brute force attack or a dictionary attack against the RecoverPoint login form. This allows attackers to brute-force the password of valid users in an automated manner.

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  • NETWORK
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  • UNCHANGED
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CWE-307 - Improper Restriction of Excessive Authentication Attempts

The software does not implement sufficient measures to prevent multiple failed authentication attempts within in a short time frame, making it more susceptible to brute force attacks.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published