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TI-2017-05604 Aliases CVE-2017-8003GHSA-f5wc-mqgh-454w

Path traversal in EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4

Priority LOW 27CWE-22Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
High
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · None · None
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-22 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4 contains a path traversal vulnerability. A remote authenticated high privileged user may potentially exploit this vulnerability to access unauthorized information from the underlying OS server by supplying specially crafted strings in input parameters of the application.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.02585 85th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
—EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4—No fix listedCNA
  • EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4 Vendor— Affected EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4 Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 1

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*up to 6.3VulnerableEMC
  • cpe:2.3:a:emc:data_protection_advisor:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 6.3 Vulnerable ·EMC

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2017-8003
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-f5wc-mqgh-454w

References

Advisory 1

  • TI-2017-08041 OS command injection in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.1HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2017-05611 Hard-coded credentials in Dell EMC EMC Data Protection Advisor CVSS 3.0CRITICAL 9.8
  • TI-2012-00371 The DPA_Utilities.cProcessAuthenticationData function in EMC Data Protection Advisor… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2017-05603 SQL injection in EMC Data Protection Advisor prior to 6.4 CVSS 3.0HIGH 8.8
  • TI-2018-01120 Hard-coded credentials in Dell EMC Data Protection Advisor versions prior to 6.3 Patch… CVSS 3.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2012-00372 Integer overflow in the DPA_Utilities library in EMC Data Protection Advisor (DPA) 5.5… CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 5.0
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Sources

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