CVE-2017-8023: EMC NetWorker may potentially be vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Networker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when…

PriorityP269critical9.8CVSS 3.0

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHIHAH

EPSS

5.88%

92.3th percentile

EMC NetWorker may potentially be vulnerable to an unauthenticated remote code execution vulnerability in the Networker Client execution service (nsrexecd) when oldauth authentication method is used. An unauthenticated remote attacker could send arbitrary commands via RPC service to be executed on the host system with the privileges of the nsrexecd service, which runs with administrative privileges.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
dell	emc_networker	>= 8.2.0.0 < 8.2.4.11	8.2.4.11
dell	emc_networker	9.0.0.0 – 9.0.1.9	—
dell	emc_networker	>= 9.1.0.0 < 9.1.1.5	9.1.1.5
dell	emc_networker	>= 9.2.0.0 < 9.2.1.0	9.2.1.0
dell_emc	networker	—	—
dell_emc	networker	—	—
dell_emc	networker	>= unspecified < 9.1.15	9.1.15
dell_emc	networker	>= unspecified < 9.2.1	9.2.1

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.09.8CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvdv2.010.0CRITICALAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

vendor_redhat9.8CRITICAL

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